Jean-Philippe Tessonnier

Title(s):

Professor, Richard C. Seagrave Professor

Office

2138 Biorenewables Research Laboratory
617 Bissell Rd.
Ames, IA 50011-1098

Information

Jean-Philippe Tessonnier received his Ph.D. from the University of Strasbourg, France. He then joined the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany, where he led various projects on nanocarbons for catalysis. After a short stay at the University of Delaware, he joined the faculty at Iowa State University where he now serves as the Richard C. Seagrave Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering. His research interests lie at the intersection of heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, and organic electrosynthesis. In 2020, he chaired a National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy funded workshop on Electroorganic Chemistry: From Synthesis to Chemical Manufacturing. His research has since evolved to focus on novel electrocatalysts and processes for the sustainable production of chemicals and aviation fuels. Dr. Tessonnier has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles and is a co-inventor on 14 patents. He has received several awards including the Brian Kelly Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Iowa State University Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award. He is also a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He served on the Early Career Board of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering and is an editorial board member of npj Materials Sustainability.

  • Keynote Speaker, Electrochemistry 2024
  • Iowa State University Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, 2024
  • Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors, 2024
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2024
  • Iowa State University College of Engineering Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award, 2021
  • Richard C. Seagrave Professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering, 2020
  • Plenary Speaker, Biennial Meeting of the GDCh-Division Sustainable Chemistry, 2020
  • Inaugural Member of the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Early Career Board, 2017–2019
  • Keynote Speaker, International Carbon Conference, 2016
  • Teaching Award of the AIChE Student Chapter, 2015, 2016, 2018
  • Carol and Jack Johnson Faculty Fellowship, 2012
  • Brian Kelly Award of the British Carbon Group, 2010

Education

  • Ph.D. Chemistry-Catalysis, Université de Strasbourg, France
  • M.S. Analytical Chemistry-Materials Chemistry, Université de Strasbourg, France
  • Licence (B.S.) Chemistry, Université de Strasbourg, France

Interest Areas

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Electrochemical Synthesis
  • Biorenewable Chemicals
  • Performance-Advantaged Biobased Chemicals and Materials

Publications

  • Patel, D. M.; Prabhu, P. T.; Gupta, G.; Dell’Anna, M. N.; Kling, S.; Nguyen, H. T.; Tessonnier, J.-P.; Roling, L. T.; Structure Sensitivity of the Electrochemical Hydrogenation of cis,cis-Muconic Acid to Hexenedioic Acid and Adipic Acid, Green Chem. 2024, 26, 4506-4517.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03021K
  • Dell’Anna, M. N.; Gupta, G.; Prabhu, P. T.; Chu, T.-H.; Roling, L. T.; Tessonnier, J.-P.; Local Reactivity Descriptors to Decipher the Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids, Green Chem. 2023, 25, 10387-10397.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3GC02909C
  • Vincent Sahayaraj, L. A, A. J. Kohler, H. Bateni, H. Radhakrishnan, A. Saraeian, B. H. Shanks, X. Bai, J.-P. Tessonnier, An Effective Strategy to Produce Highly Amenable Cellulose and Enhance Lignin Upgrading to Aromatic and Olefinic Hydrocarbons, Energy & Environmental Science, 2023.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2EE02304K
  • R. G. Rao, R. Blume, M. T. Greiner, P. Liu, T. W. Hansen, K. S. Dreyer, D. D. Hibbitts, J.-P. Tessonnier, Oxygen-Doped Carbon Supports Modulate the Hydrogenation Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles through Electronic Metal–Support Interactions, ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 7344-7356.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01063
  • Saraeian, G. Gupta, R. Johnson, R. W. Dorn, A. M. Kauffmann, H. Bateni, J.-P. Tessonnier, L. T. Roling, A. J. Rossini, B. H. Shanks, Hydrogenation/Hydrodeoxygenation Selectivity Modulation by Cometal Addition to Palladium on Carbon-Coated Supports, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 20, 7759-7771.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c02399
  • Carter, J. L. Trettin, T.-H. Lee, N. L. Chalgren, M. J. Forrester, B. H. Shanks, J.-P. Tessonnier, E. W. Cochran, Bioenabled Platform to Access Polyamides with Built-in Target Properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144, 9548-9553.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c01397
  • A, H. Radhakrishnan, D. Vincent Sahayaraj, J.-P. Tessonnier, H. Hu, X. Bai, One-Pot Production of Oxygenated Monomers and Selectively Oxidized Lignin from Biomass Based on Plasma Electrolysis, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 9109-9125.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03315H
  • Vincent Sahayaraj, L. A, E. M. Mitchell, X. Bai, J.-P. Tessonnier, Comparative Study of the Solvolytic Deconstruction of Corn Stover Lignin in Batch and Flow-through Reactors, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 7731-7742.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1GC02420E
  • Abdolmohammadi, D. Gansebom, S. Goyal, T.-H. Lee, B. Kuehl, M. J. Forrester, F.-Y. Lin, N. Hernández, B. H. Shanks, J.-P. Tessonnier, E. W. Cochran, Analysis of the Amorphous and Interphase Influence of Comononomer Loading on Polymer Properties toward Forwarding Bioadvantaged Copolyamides, Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 7910-7924.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00651
  • N. Dell’Anna, M. Laureano, H. Bateni, J. E. Matthiesen, L. Zaza, M. P. Zembrzuski, T. J. Paskach, J.-P. Tessonnier, Electrochemical Hydrogenation of Bioprivileged cis,cis-Muconic Acid to trans-3-Hexenedioic Acid: From Lab Synthesis to Bench-Scale Production and Beyond, Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 6456-6468.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1gc02225c
  • Wirtanen, T. Prenzel, J.-P. Tessonnier, S. R. Waldvogel, Cathodic Corrosion of Metal Electrodes—How to Prevent It in Electroorganic Synthesis, Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121, 10241-10270.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00148
  • Huo, J.-P. Tessonnier, B. H. Shanks, Improving Hydrothermal Stability of Supported Metal Catalysts for Biomass Conversions: A Review, ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 5248-5270.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c00197
  • M. Petersen, R. G. Rao, B. C. Vance, J.-P. Tessonnier, SiO2/SiC Supports with Tailored Thermal Conductivity to Reveal the Effect of Surface Temperature on Ru-Catalyzed CO2 Methanation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 286, 119904.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.119904
  • M. Carraher, P. Carter, R. G. Rao, M. J. Forrester, T. Pfennig, B. H. Shanks, E. W. Cochran, J.-P. Tessonnier, Solvent-Driven Isomerization of Cis,Cis-Muconic Acid for the Production of Specialty and Performance-Advantaged Cyclic Biobased Monomers, Green Chemistry, 2020, 22, 6444-6454.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0gc02108c
  • S. Chen, Y. Cao, D. C. W. Tsang, J.-P. Tessonnier, J. Shang, D. Hou, Z. Shen, S. Zhang, Y. S. Ok, K. C. W. Wu, Effective Dispersion of Mgo Nanostructure on Biochar Support as a Basic Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 6990-7001.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c00278
  • S. Chen, D. C. W. Tsang, J.-P. Tessonnier, Comparative Investigation of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Brønsted Base Catalysts for the Isomerization of Glucose to Fructose in Aqueous Media, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 261, 118126.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118126
  • S. Chen, J. M. Carraher, G. Tuci, A. Rossin, C. A. Raman, L. Luconi, D. C. W. Tsang, G. Giambastiani, J.-P. Tessonnier, Engineered Nitrogen-Decorated Carbon Networks for the Metal-Free Catalytic Isomerization of Glucose to Fructose, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 16959-16963.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04067
  • S. Chen, I. K. M. Yu, D.-W. Cho, H. Song, D. C. W. Tsang, J.-P. Tessonnier, Y. S. Ok, C. S. Poon, Selective Glucose Isomerization to Fructose Via a Nitrogen-Doped Solid Base Catalyst Derived from Spent Coffee Grounds, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 16113-16120.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02752
  • H. Chadderdon, D. J. Chadderdon, J. E. Matthiesen, Y. Qiu, J. M. Carraher, J.-P. Tessonnier, W. Li, Mechanisms of Furfural Reduction on Metal Electrodes: Distinguishing Pathways for Selective Hydrogenation of Bioderived Oxygenates, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 14120-14128.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b06331
  • Pfennig, J. M. Carraher, A. Chemburkar, R. L. Johnson, A. T. Anderson, J.-P. Tessonnier, M. Neurock, B. H. Shanks, A New Selective Route Towards Benzoic Acid and Derivatives from Biomass-Derived Coumalic Acid, Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 4879-4888.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7GC02041D
  • C. Hoff, M. J. Holmes, J. Proano-Aviles, L. Emdadi, D. Liu, R. C. Brown, J.-P. Tessonnier, Decoupling the Role of External Mass Transfer and Intracrystalline Pore Diffusion on the Selectivity of Hzsm-5 for the Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 8766-8776.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01578
  • G. Rao, R. Blume, T. W. Hansen, E. Fuentes, K. Dreyer, S. Moldovan, O. Ersen, D. D. Hibbitts, Y. J. Chabal, R. Schlögl, J.-P. Tessonnier, Interfacial Charge Distributions in Carbon-Supported Palladium Catalysts, Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 340.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00421-x

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