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Arthur Ragauskas is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science and TAPPI. His research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is seeking to understand and exploit innovative sustainable lignocellulosics. This multifaceted program seeks to develop new and improved applications for nature’s premiere renewable biopolymers including cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. To accomplish this goal and demonstrate this vision, Dr Ragauskas’ research activities are directed at developing innovative processes for converting lignocellulosics derived from into innovative biomaterials and biofuels. Achieving this goal requires the pursuit of research in several fields of study including lignocellulosic fiber chemistry/physical properties, carbohydrate

lignin and extractives chemistry, nanobioterials, biotechnology, material and polymer science. These research studies are supported by their research expertise in advanced spectroscopy, imaging, nanotechnology, chemoenzymatic biotechnology, cold plasma, composites, bleaching and pulping technologies. His research program is sponsored by a consortium of industrial partners, DARPA, NSF, USDA, DOE, and GA TIP3. He has been a Luso-American Foundation teaching fellow at the Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; an invited guest teaching professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, South China University of Technology; and an invited research professor at Royal Institute of Technology/STFi, Stockholm. He has published +185 papers, patents and conference proceedings. He is an Associate Editor for J. Pulp and Paper Science, Holzforschung, J. Wood Chemistry and Technology and has served on several advisory boards and review panels, including: European Commission Research Directorate, National Science Academy, J. Paul Getty Trust, NSF, DARPA, USDA, DOE, NSERC, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Swedish VINN Excellence Center and Finnish Academy of Science. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1985 as a National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellow.