William Sutterlin

Dr. Sutterlin’s expertise is in chemical production, analysis, and planning. He has received organizational, local, state and federal recognition for his work, including being a recipient of the prestigious US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Ayas’ glycerin to propylene glycol technology. As a chemist and chemical engineer, he has experience in trouble shooting, interpretation and method development with analytical instruments and process development. His research interests include the conversion of agricultural products (corn, soybean, animal fats, algae, plant and animal wastes and cellulosic materials) and other biomass materials into higher value-added chemicals. He is part of the United States and Brazil research collaboration in biomass conversion. Dr. Sutterlin completed his PhD in Chemistry and PostDoc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri.