| Meet the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Xuejun Pan Professor of Biological Systems Engineering |
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Research area Developing innovative technologies to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fuels, chemicals, fibers and functionalized materials.
What excites you about your work?
“I’ve been at UW for 17 years, and I’ve filed five patents with WARF and have a good relationship with them. I really enjoy my research, teaching and working with students. The most exciting part of my work is discussing projects with my students and postdocs—I enjoy the moments when we solve problems together and demonstrate that our ideas and our processes, work.”
What do you hope to achieve?
“We have been studying the chemistry and processing of lignocellulosic biomass. I really hope to develop new technologies to produce chemicals, liquid fuels and materials from renewable resources like biomass to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. That’s all our research activity—technology development. We do a lot of fundamental research to design new technologies for biomass valorization and bring new knowledge to the field.”
Jun’s work is really driven by a goal of reducing our dependence on petroleum, and his lab has developed creative approaches for biomass utilization. His research is not only cool science – he also incorporates industry needs and practicalities.
– Jennifer Gottwald, WARF, Director of Licensing
Want to learn more?
Jennifer Gottwald, [email protected], 608.960.9854