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Marcus Foston

Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
ORCID
ORCID logo 0000-0002-4227-0362

Projects

Lignin Depolymerization Composition via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Lead Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Marcus Foston
Project type
Limited Scope
Our research has focused on understanding the composition of lignin-derived carbon and energy sources for the growth of the triacylglycerol (TAG, a biodiesel precursor)-accumulating bacterium…

Characterization of Novel Synthetic Biological Materials

Lead Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Marcus Foston
Project type
Exploratory Research
Synthetic biology and genome engineering allows us to harness the machinery of nature to synthesize materials with properties comparable to, or even beyond, the performance of natural materials. We…

Operando spectroscopic studies of solvo-catalytic lignin disassembly

Lead Institution
University of California, Santa Barbara
Principal Investigator
Susannah Scott
Project type
Exploratory Research
Lignocellulosic biomass represents an abundant and renewable resource that could displace a significant amount of the nation’s petroleum, but its widespread utilization will require the development…

Advanced Molecular Characterization of Solvo-Catalytic Lignin Disassembly

Lead Institution
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Marcus Foston
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Lignin obtained from lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant, renewable, low-cost resource whose carbon-rich, aromatic composition makes it ideal to displace some petroleum-based feedstocks as…