Brent H. Shanks

Biography

  Brent Shanks investigates the reaction kinetics of SusTerea's technology as it progresses toward commercialization.  He concurrently is the Director of the Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) and is the Steffenson Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University.  Brent brings his decade of industrial leadership experience from Shell Chemical Company.  He obtained his B.S. in chemical engineering from Iowa State University, followed by his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the California Institute of Technology.

Research Interest

Green Chemistry, Sustainability, renewable resources, biomass, biofuel, Green Engineering , green industrial applications, green investments, green process