Biography:
Kashan Bashir is currently a doctoral student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. In PhD dissertation, He investigated the potential benefits for producing biomass-derived 2,5-furandicarboxylic (FDCA), gluconic and glucaric acid from biomass-derived glucose using non-precious metal catalysts that produced renewable nylone-66 and bio-based polyethylene-furanoate (PEF) polymer. He is especially interested in the research and development of monomers, polymers, and organic acid polymers derived from biomass. His current research and development efforts are directed toward improving monomer production methods that utilize biomass as a replacement for fossil fuels and therefore decreasing their carbon footprint. He already has research articles published in SCI journals and multiple worldwide patents; he is also on schedule to receive his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2024.
Title : Chemocatalytic conversion of biomass-derived glucose and cellobiose to glucaric acid without carbon-carbon bond cleavage