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Jean-Michael
Lavoie
Assistant Professor,
Université de
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC,
Canada
Agricultural
Waste Utilization
Systems
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Abstract:
Utilisation of
energy crops for the
production of
biofuels and green
chemical will
require an optimized
utilisation of the
carbon content of
the expensive
lignocellulosic
matrix. This
presentation will
describe strategies
to adapt the
conversion process
to the type and the
quality of biomass
involved.
Biography
Pr
Jean-Michel Lavoie
did a B.Sc in
chemistry at the
Université Laval in
1997 with an
interest toward
organic chemistry
and
analytical-organic
chemistry. In 2001
he started a M.Sc
also at the
Université Laval but
in the Wood
chemistry and
technology
department under the
supervision of Pr
Tatjana Stevanovic.
Four years later
(2005), he obtained
is Ph.D from the
same institution
still under the
supervision of Pr
Stevanovic. Once his
Ph.D completed, he
joined the
Department of
chemistry and
biochemistry at the
Université de
Moncton has an
assistant professor
where he stayed for
2 years. In 2007, he
joined the group of
the world renowned Pr
Esteban Chornet in
the Department of
chemical engineering
at the University of
Sherbrooke. In
January of 2009, he
was hired as an
assistant professor
in the same
department and he is
now the chairholder
of the Industrial
research chair on
cellulosic ethanol
and second
generation biofuel.
His field of
research is biomass
conversion via
thermocatalytic
pathways,
fractionnation and
industrial-level
organic synthesis.
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ABIC 2010
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