应中国科学院广州能源研究所生物质高值化利用研究中心生物质催化转化科研团队邀请，荷兰格罗宁根大学 ‌Peter Deuss‌教授将于5月3日15:30-16:30作学术报告，具体事项如下： 

一、时间及地点 

时间：2026年5月3日15:30-16:30

地点：生物质能源大楼911会议室

二、报告题目及摘要

报告题目：Conversion of lignocellulose components to value added chemical products

报告摘要：Biorefineries require the efficient use of all biomass components in order to be economically competitive and sustainable. In this order the conversion to aromatic platform chemicals is of high interest. New routes need to be developed by 1) full utilization of the aromatic lignin component, 2) efficient routes to convert carbohydrate derived platform chemicals to valuable compounds. Both of these need to take a holistic approach in which all components find their maximum value and meet pressing market demands. In terms of carbohydrate conversion we have been working on the conversion of furans to aromatic platform chemicals via rearrangements under sub-supercritical water to components that have shown promising antimicrobial activity. Also, we have clearly demonstrated how lignin depolymerisation efficiency can be linked to the isolation conditions. Therefore, milder green fractionation processes that yield lignin of improved quality are highly desired in order to open up new pathways to specific chemicals or for use in materials. For this reason, we tailor existing fractionation methodologies such as organosolv extraction in order to find the appropriate balance between lignin yield and quality of the obtained structure. This includes using alternative solvents and different reactor setups. At the same time the actual lignin extraction process is investigated, revealing how the nature of the extracted lignin changes during the extraction process and how this can be utilized to allow for extraction of lignin with specific chemical motifs. These chemical motifs can subsequently be utilized for novel modification strategies as well as selective depolymerisation methods towards new aromatic monomers.

三、报告人简介

Peter Deuss completed his studies at the University of Amsterdam, NL and thereafter joined the group of Paul Kamer at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK as a PhD student working on bioinspired catalysis. He obtained his degree in 2011, moving on to work on bioconjugation technology development at the MRC UK, Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge in the group of Mike Gait. In 2013, he moved to the University of Groningen where, after post-doctoral work in the groups of Katalin Barta and Erik Heeres working on the catalytic conversion of renewable resources to chemicals, he started in 2016 as a tenure track assistant professor at the chemical engineering department of the Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen (ENTEG). In 2021 he got promoted to Associate Professor  and in 2025 to Full Professor Catalytic Processing of Sustainable Resources.