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SUMMARY:Interfacial biocatalysis for breaking down plants and plastics
LOCATION:Chemistry A103
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20192101T000000
UID:2026-04-27-12-14-22@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260427T121422
Description:About the Seminar:\n\nEnzyme catalysts that operate at a solid 
 surface are critical in carbon cycling in the biosphere. For several years
 \, we have been investigating the mechanisms of cellulose degradation by c
 ellulase enzymes\, and the first half of this talk will cover mechanistic 
 investigations of processive enzymes that are able to bind to\, depolymeri
 ze\, and hydrolyze the cellulose polymer to soluble sugars. The second hal
 f of the talk will focus on applying similar tools to understand how ester
 ase enzymes and microbes are able to break down the abundant plastic\, pol
 yethylene terephthalate.\n\nAbout the Speaker: Gregg T. Beckham is a Senio
 r Research Fellow at NREL. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering at 
 MIT in 2007. He currently works with an interdisciplinary team of biologis
 ts\, chemists\, and engineers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 
 on conversion of biomass to chemicals and materials and plastics upcycling
 .12:00 pm
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