Art Ragauskas leads a government-funded research project that is turning wood waste into a substance that could be a low-cost alternative to metal and alloys.

Art Ragauskas has been selected as a Laureate of the Global Lithuanian Awards 2024 in the category for International Scientific Achievements. 

Art Ragauskas, interim department head and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, was named to the 2024 Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers.

UT has been selected to lead an international team of researchers working toward a circular global economy—one of the world’s greatest modern challenges.

PhD student Christian Kemefa followed his love of research from Nigeria to Knoxville, where he has improved fuel chemistry in both academia and the industry.

Art Ragauskas is helping evaluate a new biofuel that blends perfectly with heavy fuel oil, reducing marine pollution without affecting fuel cost or performance.

Art Ragauskas and team have demonstrated that high-quality polyurethane (PU) foams are readily prepared from lignin extracted from biomass.

Two researchers from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering appeared on Clarivate’s 2023 High Cited Researchers list.

Arthur Ragauskas’ research publication addressing one of the most urgent challenges in biorefining, has been selected as a 2023 Green Chemistry Hot Article.

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining Art Ragauskas has been selected to lead the department, where he will serve a two year term as the interim department head.