{"243011":{"#nid":"243011","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ragauskas Honored for Work in Green Chemistry by American Chemical Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps there\u2019s no man at Georgia Tech who\u2019s doing more to help prepare mankind for a green future than Art Ragauskas, professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. To recognize that, the American Chemical Society (ACS) selected him as the winner of the 2014 ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThis award is a reflection of the students, researchers and research partners through out the world, along with the Georgia Tech community that I have the honor to collaborate and work with on high priority green research challenges,\u201d said Ragauskas. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERagauskas works in the realm of converting the kind of plant matter known as lingocellulose into biofuels as well as biobased chemicals and materials that can be used in applications ranging from health care to packing material. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUsing plant materials to take the place of plastics in these materials can do wonders for the environment as it lessens our demand for petroleum and creates products that are biodegradable.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cAs our fundamental understanding of biomass chemistry is advanced and leveraged with developments in plant genomics, biotechnology, modeling and society\u0027s need for sustainable technologies, yesterday\u0027s vision of biorefining is becoming today\u2019s reality. My team and I, are honored to participate in this scientific endeavor,\u201d said Ragauskas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERagauskas will be honored by the ACS at their National Meeting in Dallas next March.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Art Ragauskas to receive award at national meeting"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERagauskas Honored for Work in Green Chemistry by American Chemical Society - Art Ragauskas to receive award at national meeting\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Art Ragauskas to receive award at national meeting"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2013-10-07 10:28:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:05","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"243021":{"id":"243021","type":"image","title":"Art Ragauskas, PhD - Professor, School of Chemistry \u0026 Bioschemistry, Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1449243704","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:41:44","changed":"1475894919","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:39","alt":"Art Ragauskas, PhD - Professor, School of Chemistry \u0026 Bioschemistry, Georgia Tech","file":{"fid":"197846","name":"ragauskasart.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ragauskasart_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ragauskasart_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":319650,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ragauskasart_0.jpg?itok=rDQ3HH-e"}}},"media_ids":["243021"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ipst.gatech.edu\/faculty\/ragauskas_art\/bio_ragauskas_art.html","title":"Center for Biomaterials Education and Research website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.terraso@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDavid Terraso\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}