Jack Saddler
Professor Emeritus
CERC Theme Co-Leader – Low Carbon Fuels
Home department: Wood Science
Website: Forest Products Biotech & Bioenergy
Research Interests
- Application of enzymes in enhancing pulp and fibre properties (e.g., NFC, NCC, etc.)
- Biorefinery
- Co-processing and use of low carbon intermediates in refineries
- Biojet and other low carbon intensity fuels for long distance transport
- IEA BioEnergy Task 39 (www.Task39.org)
- Fibre modification and enhancing the properties of pulps
- Bioconversion of lignocellulosic residues to biofuels
- Microbiology of waste water treatment
- Application of fungi to upgrading and modification of forest products, pulp and paper and waste streams
Research Projects
- IEA bioconversion task, Biotechnology for the conversion of lignocellulosics
- Biomass recalcitrance, the use of enzymes and their component- parts to better elucidate cellulose amorphogenesis and fiber structure
- Evaluation of domestic and international policy mechanisms to facilitate the establishment of a renewable drop-in/aviation/marine biofuel supply chain in Canada
- Chemi-mechanical pretreatments for maximizing conversion, recovery and fractionation
- A Bio-refinery approach to obtaining maximum chemical/biofuel value from Canadian biomass
- Developing facile methods to measure dissolving pulp reactivity based on the accessibility of cellulose chains
- Enzymatic modification of cellulose filaments for rheology applications
- Upgrading cellulose filaments for incorporation into value-added products
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw derived xylo-oligomers stream into monomeric sugars