Dr. Teresita Marzialetti
Teresita Graciela Marzialetti
Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Office: 3308 ES&T
Labs: 1365, 2315, & 4303 ES&T
Telephone: 404-385-3598
Fax: 404-894-2866
teresita.marzialetti@chbe.gatech.edu
Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
BSE Chemical Engineering, December 1998
Quality Management Specialist, July 1999 - August 2001
M.S. Chemical Engineering, July 1999 - December 2001
Research Advisors: M.S. Carlos Gigola & Dr. Daniel Damiani
Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
Ph.D. Chemistry, May 2005
Research Advisor: Dr. Patricio Reyes
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-2006
Research Advisor: Dr. Mark White
Research Project:
Catalytic Conversion of Biomass and Utilization of Chemicals Derived from Biomass
Georgia Institute of Technology has been involved in the development of new technologies, policies, and educational programs that have the potential for offering high-impact solutions to pressing near-term energy issues. Thus, the creation of The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and several alliances with companies, national labs, and universities has been playing important in its energy strategy.
Therefore, Georgia Institute of Technology and Chevron Corp. have formed a strategic research alliance to pursue advanced technology aimed to making cellulosic biofuels, and hydrogen viable transportation fuels.
Within this framework, our group has been working on develop new technologies and methods foci on the fractionation of woody feedstock into its three main structural compounds: hemicelluloses, cellulose and lignin, the production of H2 by catalytic reforming of woody feedstock, and production of high-value chemical using new selective routes.
Publications
T. Marzialetti, M. Valenzuela-Olarte, C. Sievers, T. Hoskins, P. Agrawal, C.W. Jones. “Dilute acid hydrolysis of Loblolly Pine saw dust: a comprehensive approach”. In preparation.
Sievers, C., Valenzuela, M.B., Marzialetti, T., Musin, I., Agrawal, P.K., Jones, C.W. “Ionic liquid phase hydrolysis of cellulose and pine wood”. Submitted
Sievers, C., Marzialetti, T., Hoskins, T., Valenzuela, M.B., Agrawal, P.K., Jones, C.W. “Quantitative characterization of residues from aqueous phase acid hydrolysis by solid state NMR spectroscopy”. In preparation.
T. Marzialetti, M. Opurtus, D. Ruiz, J. L. Garcia Fierro and P. Reyes. “Enantioselective hydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione, ethyl pyruvate and acetophenone on Ir/SiO2 catalysts: effect of Iridium loading”. Catalysis Today xxx (2008) xxx–xxx
T. Marzialetti, J.L.G. Fierro and P. Reyes. “Iridium-supported catalyst for enantioselective hydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione: The effects of the addition of promoter and the modifier concentration”. Catalysis Today, 107-108 (2005) 235-243
Marzialetti, T. Fierro, J.L.G. and Reyes, P. “Effect of the nature of the support on the enantioselective hydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1,2-propanedione over supported iridium catalysts”. J. Chil. Chem. Soc.50 (2005) 391-400.