Mond Guo

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Biography

Mond Guo is a staff engineer who joined that Pacific Northwest National Lab to work on heterogeneous catalysis in the renewable space. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 2019. Currently, he is researching the catalytic conversion of ethanol-based mixed oxygenate intermediates derived from waste feed sources to promote the development of alternative pathways towards sustainable aviation fuels and chemicals.

Research Interests

Heterogeneous catalyst development
Green chemistry development towards renewable fuels and chemicals
Chemical process development

Education and Credentials

B.S., Chemical Engineering from University of Southern California: 2008-2012
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering from Washington State University: 2014-2019
Chemical Engineer at Innovatek Inc. working on fuel cell development: 2012-2013

Affiliations and Professional Service

Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

PNNL Patents

U.S. Patent No. 11,851,384, December 26, 2023, "METHOD AND SYSTEM EMBODIMENTS FOR CONVERTING ETHANOL TO PARA-XYLENE AND ORTHO-XYLENE (iEdison No. 0685901-19-0012)".
U.S. Patent No. 11,492,303, November 8, 2022, "PROCESSES FOR THE CONVERSION OF MIXED OXYGENATES FEEDSTOCKS TO HYDROCARBON FUELS".
U.S. Patent No. 11,325,873, May 10, 2022, "METHOD AND SYSTEM EMBODIMENTS FOR CONVERTING ETHANOL TO PARA-XYLENE AND ORTHO-XYLENE (iEdison No. 0685901-19-0012)".
U.S. Patent No. 10,745,330, August 18, 2020, "METHOD OF CONVERTING ETHANOL TO HIGHER ALCOHOLS ".
U.S. Patent No. 10,221,119, March 5, 2019, "CONVERSION OF ETHANOL TO C5+ KETONES IN SINGLE CATALYST BED ".

PNNL Publications

2023

Kallupalayam Ramasamy K., M.F. Guo, U. Sanyal, and L. Meyer. 2023. Mixed Oxygenate Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Ketones Intermediate. PNNL-34857. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Mixed Oxygenate Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel via Ketones Intermediate
Kilgore U.J., S. Subramaniam, S.P. Fox, D.J. Cronin, M.F. Guo, A.J. Schmidt, and K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy, et al. 2023. "Wet air oxidation of HTL aqueous waste." Biomass & Bioenergy 176. PNNL-SA-175978. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106889
Polikarpov E., J.T. Bays, M.A. Lilga, M.F. Guo, and D.J. Gaspar. 2023. "The effect of chemical functional groups on the octane sensitivity of fuel blends for spark-ignited and multimode engines." Fuel 352. PNNL-SA-177943. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129107

2022

Guo M.F., G.B. Collinge, S.I. Allec, R.J. Rousseau, C.O. Brady, H. Wang, and J.L. Male. 2022. Stable Catalysts for Combined Dry and Steam Reforming of Methane and Carbon Dioxide. PNNL-32738. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Stable Catalysts for Combined Dry and Steam Reforming of Methane and Carbon Dioxide
Kallupalayam Ramasamy K., and M.F. Guo. 2022. Ethanol to Para-xylene via Methyl Benzaldehyde. PNNL-32862. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Ethanol to Para-xylene via Methyl Benzaldehyde

2021

Guo M.F., M.J. Gray, H.M. Job, C.A. Alvarez-Vasco, S. Subramaniam, X. Zhang, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2021. "Uncovering the Active Sites and Demonstrating Stable Catalyst for Cost-Effective Conversion of Ethanol to 1-Butanol." Green Chemistry 23, no. 20:8030-8039. PNNL-SA-164007. doi:10.1039/D1GC01979A
Maddi B., S.D. Davidson, H.M. Job, R.A. Dagle, M.F. Guo, M.J. Gray, and K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy. 2021. "Production of Gaseous Olefins from Syngas over a Cobalt-HZSM-5 Catalyst." Catalysis Letters 151, no. 2:526-537. PNNL-SA-134786. doi:10.1007/s10562-020-03324-7

2020

Subramaniam S., M.F. Guo, T. Bathena, M.J. Gray, X. Zhang, A.I. Martinez, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2020. "Direct Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to C5+ Ketones: Role of Pd-Zn Alloy on Catalytic Activity and Stability." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, no. 34:14550-14557. PNNL-SA-148910. doi:10.1002/anie.202005256

2019

Guo M.F., S. Subramaniam, M.J. Gray, and K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy. 2019. "Selective Butanol Production from Ethanol over an Atomically Dispersed Cu on Mixed Oxide Catalyst." In North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM 26), June 23-28, 2019, Chicago, IL. Orefield, Pennsylvania:North American Catalysis Society. PNNL-SA-140256.
Murugesan V., M.J. Gray, M.F. Guo, H.M. Job, L. Kovarik, A. Devaraj, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2019. "Thermally Activated Nucleation and Growth of Cobalt and Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles on Porous Silica." Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: International Journal Devoted to Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 37, no. 3:Article No. 031101. PNNL-SA-121414. doi:10.1116/1.5080448

2017

Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2017. "Nanoscale Compositional Mapping of Spent HZSM-5: An Atom Probe Tomography Study." In Proceedings of the North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM25), June 4-9, 2017, Denver, CO. PNNL-SA-122368.
Murugesan V., M.J. Gray, M.F. Guo, H.M. Job, A. Devaraj, C.J. Szymanski, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2017. "Thermal Evaluation of Metal Oxides on Silica Supports." In North American Catalysis Society Meeting, June 4-9, 2017, Denver, CO, Paper No. P-T-BRM-44. PNNL-SA-122369.

2016

Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2016. "Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts." Scientific Reports 6. PNNL-SA-113562. doi:10.1038/srep37586
Ma R., M.F. Guo, K. Lin, V. Hebert, J. Zhang, M.P. Wolcott, and M. Quintero, et al. 2016. "Peracetic Acid Depolymerization of Biorefinery Lignin for Production of Selective Monomeric Phenolic Compounds." Chemistry - A European Journal 22, no. 31:10884-10891. PNNL-SA-117752. doi:10.1002/chem.201600546