Bio
Andrew Sutton Ph.D. is an ORNL R&D Senior Scientist and Group Leader for the Chemical Process Scale-Up Group at ORNL. He has extensive synthetic experience in the synthesis of fuels and chemicals from bioderived molecules by using bioderived building blocks to rationally construct more complex carbon scaffolds. This includes the development, synthesis and characterization of new catalysts and catalytic materials to perform carbon-carbon bond forming reactions and selective defunctionalization using low temperature and low-pressure systems in order to minimize the energy usage while increasing the overall carbon yield of the product.
Professional Experience
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
RESEARCH STAFF SCIENTIST
2020 - Present. Group Leader & Senior Scientist
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
2010 - 2020. Research Staff Member
2013 - 2020. Team Leader, Chemistry Division, Inorganic, Isotope and Actinide Chemistry Group (C-IIAC)
2017 - 2018. Deputy Group Leader (Acting), C-IIAC
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2007 - 2010. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. Advisor: Dr. John. C. Gordon.
2006 - 2007. University of California, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Prof. John Arnold.
2004 - 2006. University of California, Davis, CA. Advisor: Prof. Philip P. Power.
Awards
2023: EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award Winner with CaptisAire
2020: R&D100 Award Recipient, Green Technology. Oleo Furanic Surfactants with Sironix Renewables
2019: Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation – Innovation Honor Society Inductee
2018: LANL FY17 Postdoctoral Distinguished Mentor Award
2018: ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award for Undergrad. Research (Mentor)
2016: Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Mentor Award
2011: LANL Postdoctoral Publication Prize in Experimental Sciences
Education
2000 - 2004. University of Manchester, UK. Ph.D., Chemistry. Thesis: Aspects of Perrhenate and Pertechnetate Redox and Coordination Chemistry
1995 - 1999. University of Manchester, UK. M.Chem (Hons.)., Chemistry.
Trademarks and Patents
Recyclable Polymers From Environmentally Benign Building Blocks, US Patent 11,680,152, 2023
Systems and Methods for Making Fuels, U.S. Pat. No. 11,565,9863, 2023
Processes for the preparation of alkyl furans using bifunctional copper catalysts, US Patent 11,718,598, 2023
Method for Conversion of Diols to Olefin Products, US Patent 11,780,787, 2023
Method for making substituted furan compound embodiments and derivatives thereof, US Patent 11,807,614, 2023
Separation, Recovery and Upgrading of Biomass Derived 2,3-Butanediol, US Patent 11.565,989, 2023.
Systems and Methods for Making Fuels, U.S. Pat. No. 11,306,039, 2022
Synthesis of Fuels and Feedstocks, U.S. Pat. No. 9,783,477. 2018.
Conversion of Bioderived Acetone and/or Isopropanol to Aliphatic Hydrocarbons, US Patent 1,032,9228. 2016
Conversion of Oligomeric Starch, Cellulose or Sugars to Hydrocarbons, U.S. Pat. No. 9,751,815. 2016.
Compounds and Methods For The Production of Long Chain Hydrocarbons From Biological Sources, US Patent 9,422,207. 2016.
Regeneration of Ammonia Borane From Polyborazylene, U.S. Pat. No. 8,367,027. 2013.