Jeremy Luterbacher
EPFL SB ISIC LPDC
CH H2 605 (Bâtiment CH)
Station 6
1015 Lausanne
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Expertise
Education
Postdoc
| Chemical Engineering2014 – 2014 Univsersity of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD
| Chemical Engineering2012 – 2012 Cornell University
Master
| Chemical Engineering2010 – 2010 Cornell University
Master
| Chemical Engineering2007 – 2007 �cole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne
Bachelor
| Chemistry and Chemical Engineering2005 – 2005 �cole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne
Awards
ACS Lectureship Award
2020
Werner Prize
Swiss Chemical Society
2018
Greeen and Sustainable Chemistry Award
Swiss Chemical Society
2025
University Latsis Prize
EPFL
2019
Selected publications
Nonenzymatic sugar production from biomass using biomass-derived ?-valerolactone
Jeremy S Luterbacher, Jacqueline M Rand, David Martin Alonso, Jeehoon Han, J Tyler Youngquist, Christos T Maravelias, Brian F Pfleger, James A Dumesic
Published in Science 343 (6168), 277-280, 2014. in
A pore?hindered diffusion and reaction model can help explain the importance of pore size distribution in enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass
Jeremy S Luterbacher, Jean?Yves Parlange, Larry P Walker
Published in Biotechnology and bioengineering 110 (1), 127-136, 2013. in
Observing and modeling BMCC degradation by commercial cellulase cocktails with fluorescently labeled Trichoderma reseii Cel7A through confocal microscopy
Jeremy S Luterbacher, Larry P Walker, Jose M Moran?Mirabal
Published in Biotechnology and bioengineering 110 (1), 108-117, 2013. in
Producing concentrated solutions of monosaccharides using biphasic CO2�H2O mixtures
Jeremy S Luterbacher, Qinyi Chew, Yuan Li, Jefferson W Tester, Larry P Walker
Published in Energy & Environmental Science 5 (5), 6990-7000, 2012. in
High?solids biphasic CO2�H2O pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
Jeremy S Luterbacher, Jefferson W Tester, Larry P Walker
Published in Biotechnology and bioengineering 107 (3), 451-460, 2010. in
Teaching & PhD
PhD Students
Sylvie Bertina Wigmans, Antoine Albert André Brunel, Yu-Cheng Lin, Nakul Abhay Bapat, Marie Jones, Atabay Allamyradov, Elisabetta Bonaglia, Tom Nelis, Víctor Sabanza Gil, Maxime Hedou, Shangsong Li
Past EPFL PhD Students
Masoud Talebi Amiri, Jher Hau Yeap, Ydna Marie Questell-Santiago, Robert Lawrence Shahab, Benjamin Pierre Le Monnier, Yuan-Peng Du, Jessica Charlène Rohrbach, Stefania Bertella, Lorenz Perry Manker, Farzaneh Talebkeikhah, Anastasiia Komarova, Songlan Sun, Jean Behaghel de Bueren, Bartu Karakurt, Claire Laura Marion Charline Bourmaud, Zezhong Li
Courses
Chemical engineering lab & project
ChE-409
Familiarization with practical aspects encountered in chemical reaction engineering. A research project is carried out along twelve weeks where a close interaction is required between the different groups.
Energy systems engineering
ChE-304
This course will provide a toolkit to students to understand and analyze sustainable energy systems. In addition, the main sustainable energy technologies will be introduced and their governing principles explained.
Heterogeneous reaction engineering
ChE-403
The theoretical background and practical aspects of heterogeneous reactions including the basic knowledge of heterogeneous catalysis are introduced. The fundamentals are given to allow the design of multiphase chemical reactors.