Art Ragauskas: Students

Visiting Undergraduate Student Researchers in Dr. Ragauskas' Lab
Student	Degree and College
A.J. Cesternino	B.Sc., GA State, Chemistry Department (1992)
J. Szwec	B.Sc., GA State, Chemistry Department (1993)
C. Qui	M.Sc., Clark Atlanta University, Chemistry Department (1994)
D. Johnson	B.Sc., Clark Atlanta University, Chemistry Department (1996)
V. Goel	B.Sc., Emory University, Chemistry Department (2000)
S. Krizan	Chemical Engineering, McMaster Engineering (2002)

M. S. Graduate Supervising Activities
Student *	Research Topic	Graduation Date	Current Status
Peter M. Froass	NMR Characterization of Kraft Lignin	1993	International Paper
Brian Boyer	NMR Characterization of Ozonated Pulps	1993	Patent Lawyer
Eric J. Draheim	Process Control NMR for the Characterization of Black Liquor Physical Properties	1994	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Fadi Chakar	Fundamental Investigations of Dimethyldioxirane	1995	Appleton Papers Inc.
Coray Harper	Molecular Simulation of Cellulose	1995	Weyerhaeuser Company
Thomas Bales	Biobleaching with Enzymes	1996	Procter Gamble Company
John Werner	Evaluation of the Intrinsic Metal Binding Capacity of Kraft Black Liquor Lignins	1999	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Andrew Kulchin	Peroxidase Treatment of BCTMP Fibers	2000	Samoa Pacific Cellulose
Asmeron Hagos	Hexenuronic Acid Generation and Its Selective Hydrolysis Clark Atlanta University	1998	GA Tech Ph.D. candidate
Magnus Melander, Visiting Licentiate Student	Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm, Sweden	1998-1999	Stora-Enso
Daniel Johnston	Fundamentals of Peroxide Bleaching	2001	UPM-Kymmene Group
Jason Montegna	Fundamentals of Composite Board Formation	2002	Graduated
Kendric Nelson	Fiber Crosslinking Technologies	2003	Graduated
* IPST student unless indicated otherwise

Ph. D. Graduate Supervising Activities
Student * (Click on name to see photo page)	Thesis (Click on link for abstract)	Graduation Date	Current Status
Peter M. Froass	Characterization of Residual Lignin in Kraft Pulps Paper	1997	International Paper
David Barzyk	The Impact of Acidic Group Content and Location on the Beating Bonding Characteristics of Holocellulose Softwood Pulp	1997	Georgia Pacific Company
Jim Sealey	Fundamental Investigations into Oxidoreductase Enzymatic Bleaching Systems	1998	Weyerhaeuser Company
Troy Runge	The Chemistry of Alkaline Extraction Between Chlorine Dioxide Stages	1998	Kimberly Clark Corporation
Kaaren Haynes	Effects of Laccase Mediator Delignification on Fiber Properties	1999	Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.
Michael Zawadzki	The Chemistry of Brightness Ceiling Development During ECF Bleaching	1999	Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Martin Lund - visiting student	Enzymatic modification of softwood lignin and fibers	2001	Student - The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Chemistry Department, Denmark
Yunqiao Pu - visiting student	Structure of Lignin During Pulping and Bleaching South China University of Technology	2001	IPST - Postdoctoral Fellow
Fadi S. Chakar	Fundamental Delignification Chemistry of High Lignin Content Pulps by Laccase-Mediator System	2000	Appleton Paper
Richard Chandra	Laccase Fiber Modification	2003	Paprican
Ana Retzlaff	Fundamentals of D/Z and Z/D Bleaching	2004	Appleton Ideas
Tom Dyer	Chromophore Chemistry of Kraft Pulping	2004	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kristina Knutson	Biobleaching of Recycled Mixed Office Waste Paper	2004	Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Lorraine C. Vander Wielen	Corona Discharge-Initiated TMP Fiber Modification	2004	Appleton Ideas
Dongcheng Zhang	Influence of Oxygen Delignification on Fiber Charge	2006	American Process
W. Widiatmoko	Fundamentals of Acacia Oxygen Delignification	2006	Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL)
Zheng Dang	The Investigation of Carboxyl Groups of Pulp Fibers during Kraft Pulping, Alkaline Peroxide Bleaching, and TEMPO-mediated Oxidation	2007	American Process
Rob Lowe	The Deformation Behavior of Wet Lignocellulosic Fibers	2007	Nalco Company
Cameron Thomson	Probing the Nature of Cellulosic Fibre Interfaces with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer	2007	Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.
* IPST student unless indicated otherwise

		Georgia Tech Students at Present Being Supervised
Student	Resumes	Research Topic
Amit Saxena		Self Assembling Multivalency Structures
Lee Goetz		Preparation and Characterization of Nanocellulose Multivalent Whiskers
Suteera Witayakran	Resume	Fundamentals of Laccase-Polysaccharide Oxidation
Mate Nagy	Resume	Advanced Biomass Refining Chemistry
Zhoujian Hu		Novel Materials from Biomass Polymers
Mátyás Kósa	Resume	Biomass to Biofuels- Biological Pathways
Li Yang		Novel Cellulosic Composites
Kamika Felder		Crosslinking Cellulosic Chemistry
Bassem Hallac		Biomass Characterization/Conversion of Buddleja davidii to Bioethanol
Jung Seokwon		Biomass Characterization and Deconstruction of Switch Grass and Poplar
Rajalaxmi Dash		Innovative Cellulosics