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Corinne Fuller

Corinne Fuller

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 372-6330

Biography

Corinne Drennan is responsible for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's research portfolio on biofuels, products and energy. This portfolio includes sustainable utilization of marine, terrestrial, and waste biomass for fuels and chemicals via thermal, biological, and catalytic conversion. It also includes GIS-based resource availability analysis, TEA/LCA, algal growth parameterization and modeling, and sustainability analysis (GCAM).

Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Drennan's research focus was on process development and techo-economic analysis for gasification systems (coal and biomass), fast pyrolysis and bio oil upgrading, municipal solid waste to liquid fuels, and CO2 capture systems. Before joining PNNL, Corinne was a process engineer for Esterline Engineered Materials, for the manufacturing of high explosives.

Corinne received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Riverside with a concentration in heterogeneous catalysis. She holds a Master of Science degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, also from UC Riverside.

Research Interests

  • Chemical and biological process development
  • Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals
  • Energy systems analysis

Education and Credentials

  • M.S., University of California/ Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • B.S., University of California/ Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

PNNL Publications

2023

  • Seiple T.E., Y. Jiang, L.J. Snowden-Swan, N.J. Betzsold, K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy, and C. Fuller. 2023. "Cost-effective Opportunities to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Low-Cost Wastes in the U.S." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11, no. 33:12326-12335. PNNL-SA-188095. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02147

2022

  • Cronin D.J., S. Subramaniam, C.O. Brady, A.R. Cooper, Z. Yang, J.S. Heyne, and C. Drennan, et al. 2022. "Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Wet-Wastes." Energies 15, no. 4:Art. No. 1306. PNNL-SA-169987. doi:10.3390/en15041306

2017

  • Drennan C. 2017. "How to Engage an Audience in an Attention-Constrained World." Transformations November 2017, no. 14. PNNL-SA-130181.
  • Olarte M.V., A.B. Padmaperuma, J. Ferrell, E.D. Christensen, R.T. Hallen, R.B. Lucke, and S.D. Burton, et al. 2017. "Characterization of Upgraded Fast Pyrolysis Oak Oil Distillate Fractions from Sulfided and Non-Sulfided Catalytic Hydrotreating." Fuel 202. PNNL-SA-119855. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.051

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