Richard Chandra

Richard.Chandra@ubc.ca
Research Associate
1(604)827-5795
https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/richard-chandra/0/768/108

 Projects
Biomass pretreatment for effective enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose
Chemi-mechanical approaches for clean biomass fractionation

Research Themes & Interests
Lignin and hemicellulose purification, Clean fractionation of biomass, Biorefining, Pulping and bleaching chemistry

Academic Qualifications
BSc (Microbiology); MSc (Wood Science); PhD (Pulp and Paper Chemistry and Engineering)

Professional Experience
Kimberley Clark Corporation and UBC Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry prior to joining Wood Science

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations

  • Chandra, R. P., Chu, Q., Hu, J., Zhong, N., Lin, M., Lee, J. S., & Saddler, J. (2015). The influence of lignin on steam pretreatment and mechanical pulping of poplar to achieve high sugar recovery and ease of enzymatic hydrolysis. Bioresource technology.
  • Chandra, R. P., Gourlay, K., Kim, C. S., & Saddler, J. N. (2015). Enhancing hemicellulose recovery and theenzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose by adding lignosulfonates during the two-stage steam pretreatment of poplar. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3(5), 986-991.
  • Chandra, R. P., Arantes, V., & Saddler, J. (2015). Steam pretreatment of agricultural residues facilitates hemicellulose recovery while enhancing enzyme accessibility to cellulose. Bioresource technology, 185, 302-307.
  • Ragauskas, A. J., Beckham, G. T., Biddy, M. J., Chandra, R., Chen, F., Davis, M. F., Saddler, J.N. & Wyman, C. E. (2014). Lignin valorization: Improving lignin processing in the biorefinery. Science, 344(6185), 1246843.

Extracurricular
Hockey