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REBECCAGARLOCKONG
CHEMICALENGINEERING,CHEMICALSCIENCESANDENGINEERINGBUILDING203,
1400TOWNSENDDR.,HOUGHTON,MI49931
+1-906-487-3072•RGONG1@MTU.EDU
WWW.EGR.MSU.EDU/~GARLOCK1
RESEARCHINTERESTS
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Developing a comprehensive understanding of the biomass conversion process – how variability in upstream
parameters (agronomic decisions, weather patterns, etc.) influences biomass characteristics, alters optimal
processingvariables,andaffectsprocessyields,economicviability,andenvironmentalimpacts.
Investigating the variability in plant microstructure, cell wall components (lignin, ferulates, hemicelluloses,
minerals,etc.)andtheirproperties,andtheirimpactonlignocellulosicbiomassconversionprocesses.
Developmentoflignocellulose-derivedbiorefineryco-products.
EDUCATION
Ph.D.ChemicalEngineering,MichiganStateUniversity
December2011
DissertationTitle:InteractionsbetweenBiomassFeedstockCharacteristicsandBioenergyProduction:Fromthe
LandscapetotheMolecularScale
ThesisAdvisor:Dr.BruceE.Dale
B.S.ChemicalEngineering,MichiganTechnologicalUniversity
April2005
B.S.BiologicalSciences,ConcentrationinPlantBiology,MichiganTechnologicalUniversity
April2005
WORKANDRESEARCHEXPERIENCE
Instructor,DepartmentofChemicalEngineering,MichiganTechnologicalUniversity(MTU)
Houghton,MI
ResearchAssistantProfessor,BiomassConversionResearchLaboratory(BCRL)and
GreatLakesBioenergyResearchCenter(GLBRC),EastLansing,MI
ResearchTechnicianIII/S,BiomassConversionResearchLaboratory(BCRL)and
GreatLakesBioenergyResearchCenter(GLBRC),EastLansing,MI
August2015–Present
Dec2013–Present
Feb2012–Dec2013
VisitingScholar,HongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Kowloon,HongKong
DowChemicalHongKong–MichiganScholarship
Sept2010-Apr2011
GraduateResearchAssistant,BiomassConversionResearchLaboratory(BCRL)and
GreatLakesBioenergyResearchCenter(GLBRC),EastLansing,MI
Aug2006-Dec2011
DocumentControlTechnician,EmergentBioSolutions,Lansing,MI
Feb–Aug2006
RESEARCH
ResearchFunding
2012–2015
ApplyingEngineeringPrinciplestoIncreasetheImpactofGLBRCBasicResearch.ProjectLeads:Rebecca
GarlockOngandBruceDale/MingjieJin.DOE,GLBRC,BERDE-FC02-07ER64494
2012–2015
PretreatmentServiceFacility.ProjectLeads:SteveSlater/DavidCavalierandRebeccaGarlockOng.DOE,
GreatLakesBioenergyResearchCenter,BERDE-FC02-07ER64494
2009–2012
AssistedindevelopmentofvariousGreatLakesBioenergyResearchCenterfundedprojectproposals.
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EmployeesSupervised
Employee
JobTitle
TimePeriod
PeteDonald
AFEXTechnician
2012-Present
MargaretKreuger
ResearchTechnician
2015-Present
MahboubehShabaniSamghabadi
ResearchTechnologist
2013-2015
UndergraduateandHighSchoolResearchersAdvised
Student HomeUniversity
Major
TimePeriod
TanviJoshi
HighSchoolStudent
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Fall2013–Summer2014
WillDion
MichiganStateUniversity
Biochemistry
Fall2013–Spring2014
BrennanFurman
MichiganStateUniversity
ChemicalEngineering
Spring2012–Present
AaronVigil
MichiganStateUniversity
ChemicalEngineering
Spring2012–Spring2014
YiSiang(Isaac)Wong
NanyangTechnologicalUniversity
BiologicalSciences
Spring–Summer2009
TEACHING,SERVICE,ANDLEADERSHIP
CoursesTaught
Students
University
Year
AdvancedTransportPhenomena(GraduateCourse)
15
MTU
2015
IntroductiontoChemicalEngineering
130
MTU
2015
BiomassConversionEngineering(GuestLecturer)
30-40
MSU
2014
MaterialandEnergyBalances(asTA)
40-50
MSU
2007
Fluids(MomentumandHeatTransfer)(asTA)
40-50
MSU
2006
TeachingPreferences:Material&EnergyBalances;Momentum,HeatandMassTransfer;StatisticalAnalysisandDesignof
Experiments;Thermodynamics;Kinetics;StandardOperatingProcedures
• SessionChair:MultipletimesforvariousGLBRCretreatsessions.2012–Present.
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• SessionChair:“SessionforYoungScientists”–1 AnnualWorldCongressofBioenergy.Dalian,China,April25-28,2011.
• PanelModeratorandParticipant:“UnlimitedPotential:ARoundtableDiscussionwithRenewableEnergyandEnergy
EfficiencyExperts”–SponsoredbytheU.S.ConsulateinGuangzhou,Guangdong,China,April21,2011.
• AdhocReviewer:AppliedBiochemistryandBiotechnology,BioEnergyResearch,BioFPR,BioresourceTechnology,
BiotechnologyforBiofuels,etc.
HONORSANDSOCIETYMEMBERSHIPS
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2 AnnualDowChemicalHongKong–MichiganScholarship
AmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers(AIChE)Member
OmegaChiEpsilon(ΟΧΕ)ChemicalEngineeringHonorSocietyMember
PhiKappaPhiHonorSocietyMember
Dean’sList,MTUBoardofControlScholarship,NationalMeritScholarshipandMichiganMeritAward
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWEDARTICLES
1.
ParkS-H,OngRG,&SticklenM.Strategiesfortheproductionofcellwall-deconstructingenzymesinlignocellulosic
biomassandtheirutilizationforbiofuelproduction.PlantBiotechnol.J.doi:10.1111/pbi.12505.
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2.
SerateJ,XieD,…OngRG,andZhangYP.ControllingmicrobialcontaminationduringhydrolysisofAFEX-pretreated
cornstoverandswitchgrass:effectsonhydrolysatecomposition,microbialresponseandfermentation.Biotechnol.
Biofuels20158(1):1-17.
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Karlen DL, Beeler LW, Ong RG, Dale BE. Balancing energy, conservation, and soil health requirements for plant
biomass.J.SoilWaterConserv.2015(70);5:279-287.
4.
Park,S-H,MeiC,OngRG,SticklenM.LigninDown-regulationofZeamaysviadsRNAiandKlasonLigninAnalysis.J.
Vis.Exp.2014(89):e51340,doi:10.3791/51340.
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Dale BE, Ong RG. Design, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable bioenergy production systems. BioFPR.
2014;8:487-503.
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DaleBE,AndersonJE,…OngRG,etal.Takeacloserlook:Biofuelscansupportenvironmental,economicandsocial
goals.Environ.Sci.&Technol.2014;48:7200-7203.
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Shao Q, Cheng C, Ong RG, Zhu L, Zhao C. Hydrogen peroxide presoaking of bamboo prior to AFEX pretreatment
andimpactonenzymaticconversiontofermentablesugars.Bioresour.Technol.2013;142:26-31.
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DaleBE,Ong RG.Energy,wealth,andhumandevelopment:Whyandhowbiomasspretreatmentresearchmust
improve.Biotechnol.Progr.2012;28:893-898.
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ParkS-H,MeiC,PaulyM,Ong RG,DaleBE,SabzikarR,FotohH,etal.Down-regulationofmaizecinnamoyl-CoA
reductase via RNAi technology causes brown midrib and improves AFEX-pretreated conversion into fermentable
sugarsforbiofuels.CropSci.2012;52:2687-2701.
10.
Kim S, Dale BE, Ong RG. An alternative approach to indirect land use change: Allocating greenhouse gas effects
amongdifferentusesofland.BiomassBioenerg.2012;46:447-452.
11.
GarlockRJ,BalsB,JasrotiaP,BalanV,DaleBE.Influenceofvariablespeciescompositiononthesaccharificationof
AFEX™pretreatedbiomassfromunmanagedfieldsincomparisontocornstover.BiomassBioenerg.2012;37:49-59.
12.
Garlock RJ,BalanV,DaleBE.OptimizationofAFEX™pretreatmentconditionsandenzymemixturestomaximize
sugarreleasefromuplandandlowlandswitchgrass.Bioresour.Technol.2012;104:757-768.
13.
GarlockRJ,WongYS,BalanV,DaleBE.AFEXpretreatmentandenzymaticconversionofblacklocust(Robinia
pseudoacaciaL.)tosolublesugars.BioenergyRes.2012;5:306-318.
14.
GarlockRJ,BalanV,DaleBE,RameshPallapoluV,LeeYY,KimY,MosierNS,etal.Comparativematerialbalances
aroundpretreatmenttechnologiesfortheconversionofswitchgrasstosolublesugars.Bioresour.Technol.2011;
102:11063-11071.
15.
FallsM,ShiJ,EbrikMA,RedmondT,YangB,WymanCE,GarlockR,etal.Investigationofenzymeformulationon
pretreatedswitchgrass.Bioresour.Technol.2011;102:11072-11079.
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ShiJ,EbrikMA,YangB,GarlockRJ,BalanV,DaleBE,RameshPallapoluV,etal.Applicationofcellulaseand
hemicellulasetopurexylan,purecellulose,andswitchgrasssolidsfromleadingpretreatments.Bioresour.Technol.
2011;102:11080-11088.
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KimY,MosierNS,LadischMR,RameshPallapoluV,LeeYY,GarlockR,BalanV,etal.Comparativestudyon
enzymaticdigestibilityofswitchgrassvarietiesandharvestsprocessedbyleadingpretreatmenttechnologies.
Bioresour.Technol.2011;102:11089-11096.
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DonohoeBS,VinzantTB,ElanderRT,PallapoluVR,LeeYY,GarlockRJ,BalanV,etal.Surfaceandultrastructural
characterizationofrawandpretreatedswitchgrass.Bioresour.Technol.2011;102:11097-11104.
19.
TaoL,AdenA,ElanderRT,PallapoluVR,LeeYY,GarlockRJ,BalanV,etal.Processandtechnoeconomicanalysisof
leadingpretreatmenttechnologiesforlignocellulosicethanolproductionusingswitchgrass.Bioresour.Technol.
2011;102:11105-11114.
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PallapoluVR,LeeYY,GarlockRJ,BalanV,DaleBE,KimY,MosierNS,etal.Effectsofenzymeloadingandβglucosidasesupplementationonenzymatichydrolysisofswitchgrassprocessedbyleadingpretreatment
technologies.Bioresour.Technol.2011;102:11115-11120.
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GarlockRJ,ChundawatSPS,BalanV,DaleBE.Optimizingharvestofcornstoverfractionsbasedonoverallsugar
yieldsfollowingammoniafiberexpansionpretreatmentandenzymatichydrolysis.Biotechnol.Biofuels2009;2:29.
BOOKCHAPTERS
1. OngRG,ChundawatSPS,HodgeDB,KeskarS,DaleBE.LinkingPlantBiologyandPretreatment–Understandingthe
StructureandOrganizationofthePlantCellWallandInteractionswithCellulosicBiofuelProduction.In:McCann
MC,BuckeridgeMS,CarpitaNC,eds.PlantsandBioEnergy:SpringerNewYork;2014,p.231-253.
2.
Chundawat SPS, Bals B, Campbell T, Sousa L, Gao D, Jin M, Eranki P, Garlock R, et al. Primer on Ammonia Fiber
Expansion Pretreatment. In: Wyman CE, ed. Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical
ConversiontoFuelsandChemicals.JohnWileyandSons,Ltd.,2013,p.169-200.
Referencesareavailableuponrequest.