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Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University Of Kentucky
2008
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Multifunctional catalysts to improve the conversion and selectivity of the oil-to-jet pathway
University of Kentucky Energy Research Priority Area program
4/1/25 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Robust Engineered Catalysts for the Conversion of Algae and Waste Oleaginous Biomass Feedstocks to Fuel-like Hydrocarbons via Decarboxylation/Decarbonylation
Santillan-Jimenez, E. (PI), Pace, R. (CoI) & Risko, C. (CoI)
9/1/23 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production via Decarboxylation/Decarbonylation of Low-Cost and Geographically Distributed Oleaginous Feedstock
Santillan-Jimenez, E. (PI) & Pace, R. (CoI)
10/1/21 → 9/30/22
Project: Research project
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NRT: IN FElloWS & an Academy of Innovators at the Nexus of Food, Energy & Water Systems
Santillan-Jimenez, E. (PI), Barton, C. (CoI), DeBolt, S. (CoI), Moe, L. (CoI), Agouridis, C. (CoPI), Escobar, I. (CoPI), Mark, T. (CoPI), Crocker, M. (Former PI) & Landon, J. (Former CoI)
9/1/19 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
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Continuous conversion of tall oil over Ni-Cu/SAPO-11 to a sustainable aviation fuel blendstock with excellent seal swelling properties
Umenweke, G. C., Pace, R. B., Metais, M., Heintz, O., Caboche, G. & Santillan-Jimenez, E., Jul 15 2025, In: Fuel. 392, 134695.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
One-Pot Synthesis of Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Brown Grease Using Multifunctional Zeolite-Supported Catalysts
Mongelli, C., Umenweke, G., St Clair, T., Caboche, G., Heintz, O., Pace, R. & Santillan-Jimenez, E., Sep 2025, In: Catalysts. 15, 9, 873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Reductive Depolymerization of Lignin to Aromatic Compounds over Promoted Nickel Catalysts in Sub- and Supercritical Methanol
Parker, J., Santillan-Jimenez, E., Harman-Ware, A. E., Umenweke, G. C., Heintz, O., Caboche, G. & Crocker, M., Jan 2025, In: ChemNanoMat. 11, 1, e202400222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Robust engineered catalyst for the conversion of brown grease to renewable diesel via decarboxylation/decarbonylation
Umenweke, G. C., Hogston, B., Heintz, O., Caboche, G., Pace, R. B. & Santillan-Jimenez, E., Jun 12 2025, In: Chemical Communications. 61, 58, p. 10784-10787 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Support Effects on Fe- or Cu-Promoted Ni Catalysts Used in the Catalytic Deoxygenation of Tristearin to Fuel-like Hydrocarbons
Umenweke, G. C., Pace, R., Récalt, T., Heintz, O., Caboche, G. & Santillan-Jimenez, E., May 2025, In: Catalysts. 15, 5, 501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations
Prizes
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International Collaborative Research Initiation Award
Santillan-Jimenez, E. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Honorary award
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