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Volunteer Researcher in Converting Wastes to Products

Dr. Joan Lynam with students working at benches in the Biomass Research Lab

Dr. Joan LynamBiomass Research Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University

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Research focus

Her Biomass Research Lab works on turning waste into energy and useful products. Students there develop ways to pretreat biomass like pine needles and crop leftovers, study ionic liquids and membrane separation, and build new biotechnologies. A lot of it is about reducing waste for good.

Recent publications

Reconcentrating the ionic liquid EMIM-HSO4 using direct contact membrane distillation (opens in a new tab)Molecules · 2025
Characterization and energy densification of mayhaw jelly production wastes using hydrothermal carbonization (opens in a new tab)Food Technology and Biotechnology · 2023
Ionic liquids separating rubber latex from guayule (opens in a new tab)Materials · 2021

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