Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals

Mark Crocker is an Associate Director at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, where he leads the Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis research program. He has four years experience in the field of biomass upgrading research and recently organized and taught a professional short course concerning this subject. He has also worked in industry and previously held posts as an R&D Manager for the Automotive Catalyst Division of OMG Corp (formerly Degussa) and as a Senior Research Chemist at the Shell Research and Technology Centre in Amsterdam. Mark Crocker holds a BSc in Chemistry and PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Bristol. He is a member of several scholarly societies and has contributed to numerous journal articles and conferences.