Raisa C. A. Ela, Ph.D.
Chemical Engineer | Researcher | Mentor | Impactful Pedagogue | Women Empowerment, DEI and Sustainability Advocate
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Make yourself at home as you savor newfangled societal and environmental projects, and research and technological advancements in the bodacious fields of Sustainable Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, and Biomass and Waste Plastics Valorization, and discover the peculiarities of Dr. Ela, an eclectic chemical engineer, researcher, educator, mentor, science communicator, public speaker, and fervent advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM careers. #EmbraceDiversity #EnhanceTheAcademicCommunity #AccessibleOportunities #WomanEmpowerment
I look forward to fruitful collaborations that advance the principles, and values of the prestigious discipline of Chemical Engineering and our communities. Feel free to contact me!
Summary of Research Interests
Lignocellulosic Biomass and Waste Plastic Valorization via Sustainable Catalysis, Nanotechnology, Reaction and Materials Engineering, Towards a Circular, Green Hydrocarbon Economy
Summary of research tenets consolidating the building blocks of tunable and controlled catalysis, polymer, and materials engineering at the energy-chemicals-materials-environment nexus
Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela, Lauren Spahn, Niloofar Safaie, Robert Charles Ferrier, Jr., Rebecca G. Ong. Understanding The Effect of Precipitation Process Variables on Hardwood Lignin Characteristics and Recovery from Black Liquor. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020, DOI 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03692.
Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela, Saad Raza, Patricia A. Heiden, Josh V. Vermaas, Rebecca G. Ong. Lignin Nanoparticle Morphology Depends on Polymer Properties and Solvent Composition: an Experimental and Computational Study. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022,
Raisa Carmen Andeme Ela, Jorge Barroso, Gaurav Kumar, Kaivalya Gawande, Manish Shetty, Xinyu Li, Wei Fan, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Paul J. Dauenhauer. Sulfurous Zeosils for Dehydra-Declyzation of Tetrahydrofuran to Renewable Butadiene. Published. RSC Green Chemistry.