Joshua A. Schaidle

Josh Schaidle is a co-director of the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy (ChemCatBio) Consortium and is the lead for the biomass thermochemical conversion platform within the National Bioenergy Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Research within this thermochemical conversion platform ranges from atomistic-scale modeling of catalytic surfaces and reactor flow dynamics to pilot-scale validation of biomass-to-fuels processes coupled with techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment. Josh received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California-Santa Barbara in 2006 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2011, with a concentration in environmental sustainability. He has worked extensively on both gasification and pyrolysis pathways, leveraging his expertise in catalyst design and development with special emphasis on combining experimental and computational efforts.