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Personal Profile
Michael Griffin is a senior research engineer at NLR, where he focuses on catalyst and process development to transform biomass and waste-derived feedstocks into renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials.
Research Interests
Foundational catalyst design through a combination of experiment and theory
In situ and operando characterization of complex catalytic materials
Reaction engineering and chemical kinetics
Surface science and interfacial chemistry
Environmentally sustainable process design, optimization, and scale-up
Education/Academic Qualification
PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Bachelor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Oil Stand-Alone and Co-Hydroprocessing Case Studies: Design, Cost, and Sustainability Based on Process Model Predictions
Dutta, A., Talmadge, M., Iisa, K., Wrasman, C., Chen, X., Griffin, M., Mukarakate, C., Watanasiri, S., Ou, L. & Cai, H., 2025, 339 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Influence of Loblolly Pine Anatomical Fractions and Tree Age on Oil Yield and Composition During Fast Pyrolysis
Starace, A., Palmer, S., Orton, K., Pierce, C., Christensen, E., Larson, A., Martinez, R., Klinger, J., Griffin, M., Mukarakate, C., Iisa, K., Wiatrowski, M., Dutta, A., Parks II, J., Oyedeji, O. & Carpenter, D., 2025, In: Sustainable Energy and Fuels. 9, 2, p. 501-512 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Opportunity Assessment for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production from Woody Biomass via Ex Situ Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis and Refinery Hydroprocessing
Carlson, N., Talmadge, M., Griffin, M., Dutta, A. & Iisa, K., 2025, In: Energy and Fuels. 39, 45, p. 21928-21936 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reducing Coke and Increasing Bio-Oil Yield during Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass Using Phosphorus-Modified Zeolite Catalysts
Wrasman, C., Petel, B., Pierce, C., Orton, K., Palmer, S., Hall, J., Kim, H., Dogan, F., Krause, T., Wang, H., Yu, X., Dell'Orco, S., Unocic, K., Foucher, A., Grejtak, T., Cullen, D., Blaskowski, G., Baddour, F., Chen, X. & Iisa, K. & 3 others, , 2025, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 13, 49, p. 21015-21029 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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State of the Art in Thermal Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass and Biomass-Derived Intermediates
Hall, J., Miller, J., Assary, R., Baddour, F., Dagle, R., Dagle, V., Griffin, M., Habas, S., Iisa, K., Krause, T., Kumar, A., Linger, J., Mittal, A., Mukarakate, C., Parks, J., Ruddy, D., Schmidt, A., Sutton, A., Thorson, M. & Unocic, K. & 4 others, , 2025, In: Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 16, p. 371-408 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus Citations