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Volume 7, Issue 5(Suppl) J Bioremed Biodeg 2016
ISSN: 2155-6199 JBRBD, an open access journal
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Biopolymers and Bioplastics 2016
September 12-14, 2016
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September 12-14, 2016 San Antonio, USA
3rd International Conference and Exhibition onBiopolymers & Bioplastics
Richard A Gross, J Bioremed Biodeg 2016, 7:5(Suppl)
Biocatalytic routes to monomers and polymers
This workshop will discuss the rapid evolution of biotechnological methods that are enabling commercially important new
routes to biobased monomers and polymers. Topics will include fundamental concepts involved in both cell free and whole
cell biocatalysis, successful new product development as well as challenges that must be overcome. Furthermore, relative merits
will be given for biocatalysis, chemical catalysis and how these methods can be successfully integrated.
Biography
Richard A Gross is currently a Full Professor and a Constellation Chaired Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). His research is focused on
developing biocatalytic routes to biobased materials including monomers, macromers, prepolymers, polymers, surfactants and other biochemicals. He has over
500 publications in peer reviewed journals, been cited about 18,000 times (h-index 71), edited 7 books and has 26 patents (granted or filed). He was the recipient
of the 2003 Presidential Green Chemistry Award in the academic category. In 2010, he was selected as the Turner Alfrey Visiting Professor, and in 2015 he became
a Fellow of the ACS Polymer Division. He founded SyntheZyme LLC in 2009 and serves as CTO.
Richard A Gross
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA