Status: Graduated 2009 (Ph.D.)
Research Area :Synthesis and characterization of catalysts for low temperature reforming of biomass-derived molecules
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate Studies: Georgia Tech
Research Summary:
Catalytic processing of biomass for the production of commodity chemicals and renewable fuels.
Kinetic modeling of fundamental catalytic phenomena.
Publications:
Daniel, Oliver M.; DeLaRiva, Andrew; Kunkes, Edward L.; Datye, Abhaya K.; Dumesic, James A.; Davis, Robert J. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Bimetallic Pt-Re Catalysts for Hydrogenyolysis of Glycerol to Propanediols. CHEMCATCHEM (2010), 2(9), 1107-1114.
Gurbuz, Elif I.; Kunkes, Edward L.; Dumesic, James A. Integration of C-C coupling reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates to fuel-grade compounds. Applied Catalysis B - Environmental (2010), 94(1-2), 134-141.
Gurbuz, Elif I.; Kunkes, Edward L.; Dumesic, James A. Dual-bed catalyst system for C-C coupling of biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbons to fuel-grade compounds. Green Chemistry (2010), 12(2), 223-227.
West, Ryan M.; Kunkes, Edward L.; Simonetti, Dante A.; Dumesic, James A. Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to fuels and chemicals by formation and upgrading of mono-functional hydrocarbon intermediates. Catalysis Today (2009), 147(2), 115-121.
Kunkes, Edward L.; Gurbuz, Elif I.; Dumesic, James A. Vapour-phase C-C coupling reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates over Pd/CeZrO(x) catalysts. Journal of Catalysis (2009), 266(2), 236-249.
Kunkes, Edward L.; Soares, Ricardo R.; Simonetti, Dante A.; Dumesic, James A. An integrated catalytic approach for the production of hydrogen by glycerol reforming coupled with water-gas shift. Applied Catalysis B - Environmental (2009), 90(3-4), 693-698.
Kunkes, Edward L.; Simonetti, Dante A.; Dumesic, James A.; Pyrz, William D.; Murillo, Luis E.; Chen, Jingguang G.; Buttrey, Douglas J. The role of rhenium in the conversion of glycerol to synthesis gas over carbon supported platinum-rhenium catalysts. Journal of Catalysis (2008), 260(1), 165-177.
Kunkes, Edward L.; Simonetti, Dante A.; West, Ryan M.; Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Gartner, Christian A.; Dumesic, James A. Catalytic conversion of biomass to monofunctional hydrocarbons and targeted liquid-fuel classes. Science (2008), 322(5900), 417-421.
Simonetti, Dante A.; Rass-Hansen, Jeppe; Kunkes, Edward L.; Soares, Ricardo R.; Dumesic, James A. Coupling of glycerol processing with Fischer-Tropsch synthesis for production of liquid fuels. Green Chemistry (2007), 9(10), 1073-1083. CODEN: GRCHFJ ISSN:1463-9262. AN 2007:1091189 CAPLUS
Knudsen, Jan; Nilekar, Anand U.; Vang, Ronnie T.; Schnadt, Joachim; Kunkes, Edward L.; Dumesic, James A.; Mavrikakis, Manos; Besenbacher, Flemming. A Cu/Pt Near-Surface Alloy for Water-Gas Shift Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007), 129(20), 6485-6490.
Simonetti, D. A.; Kunkes, E. L.; Dumesic, J. A.. Gas-phase conversion of glycerol to synthesis gas over carbon-supported platinum and platinum-rhenium catalysts. Journal of Catalysis (2007), 247(2), 298-306.
