Dr. Alan M. Allgeier
- Associate Professor
- Associate Director, CEBC
Contact Info
1530 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Personal Links
Education —
Research —
Four themes are under current investigation:
Characterization of porous materials and colloidal systems with a multi-technique approach including novel applications of NMR relaxometry
Continuous flow processing applied to pharmaceuticals, with emphasis on transient production of toxic or highly reactive reagents
Synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts with unique reactivity
Design of redox enzyme catalytic process for conversion of ethanol to platform chemicals
Teaching —
CPE 715: Characterization of Solid Materials
CPE 611: Unit Operations Design
CPE 626: Unit Operations Laboratory
Selected Publications —
Castilla-Acevedo, S.F.; Szobody, T.P.; Boydston, C.M.; St. John, J.; Amaya-Roncancio, S.; Allgeier, A.M. Efficient hydrodeoxygenation of tetrahydrofuran 2,5-dicarboxylic acid to adipic acid over Pt-MOx catalysts: An experimental and computational study. Catal. Today, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114722
Suekuni, M., & Allgeier, A. M. (2023). Correlating Surface Chemistry to Surface Relaxivity via TD-NMR Studies of Polymer Particle Suspensions. JACS Au, 310, 10.1021/JACSAU.3C00384
Sharma, V., Cosse, K., Binder, T., Mcfarlane, J., & Allgeier, A. M. (2023). Biocatalytic Furfuryl Alcohol Production with Ethanol as the Terminal Reductant Using a Single Enzyme. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 1129, 10.1021/ACSSUSCHEMENG.3C01588
Velasquez Morales, S., & Allgeier, A. M. (2023). Kinetics and Pathway Analysis Reveals the Mechanism of a Homogeneous PNP-Iron-Catalyzed Nitrile Hydrogenation. Inorganic Chemistry, 621, 10.1021/ACS.INORGCHEM.2C03029
Sharma, V., Binder, T., & Allgeier, A. M. (2023). Covalent Immobilization of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase on an Amine-Functionalized Polymeric Resin Enhances Stability for Furfural Hydrogenation to Furfuryl Alcohol Using Ethanol as the Terminal Reductant. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 6243, 10.1021/ACS.IECR.3C02526
Stephens, K., Allgeier, A., Bell, A., Carlson, T., Cheng, Y., Douglas, J., ... Ritter, J. C. (2020). A Mechanistic Study of Polyol Hydrodeoxygenation over a Bifunctional Pt-WO x /TiO 2 Catalyst. ACS Catalysis, 10 (21), 12996-13007. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03475
M.T. Suekuni, N. D’Souza, A.M. Allgeier. “NMR Relaxometry Studies on the Drying Kinetics of Cellulose Nanofibers.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61(16), 5475-5483
Selected Presentations —
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis: A Tool for Sustainable Development. Johnson Matthey Research Center - Teesside
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Quantitative solid-state NMR for characterization of kerogen. ACS MWGL Regional Meeting.
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Sustainable monomers for a circular economy: ring-opening hydrogenolysis of furanic compounds. Plenary, University of Glasgow Symposium Honoring S. David Jackson.
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Mechanism, Kinetics and Novel Reactors for Group (VIII) Homogeneous Hydrogenation Catalysts. University of South Dakota.
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis: An Essential Tool in Developing Environmentally Beneficial Chemistry. Benedictine University Center for Integral Ecology. KS.
(2023) Allgeier, A.M. Time-domain NMR as a Driving Force for Innovative Science on Particle Fillers and Porous Media. DuPont, Wilmington, DE
(2022) Allgeier, A.M. Mechanism and Kinetics for an Earth‐Abundant Metal Catalyst for Nitrile Hydrogenation Relevant to Pharmaceuticals. Keynote Iowa State University. Great Plains Catalysis Society.
(2022) Allgeier, A.M. Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award Lecture: CatBioCat: Harnessing the Strengths of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enzyme Catalysis in Biomass Valorization. Catalysis Club of Philadelphia.
(2020) Hydrodeoxygenation with PtWOx Catalysts: Mechanistic insight from isotopic labeling. ACS Chemists Live Virtual Event.
Awards & Honors —
Bellows Faculty Scholar
University of Kansas School of Engineering
2021
Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award
Catalysis Club of Philadelphia
2021
Russell Malz Award for Service to Catalysis
Organic Reactions Catalysis Society
2014
Amgen Green Chemistry Award for “A Novel, Green Process for AMG 423”
Amgen, Inc.
2011
Sigma Xi Award for excellence in graduate research
Northwestern University
1994
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
RII Track-2 FEC - Advanced Manufacturing of Renewable and Recyclable Polymers. National Science Foundation $4,000,000 (2021 – 2025)
Re-envisioning Evaluation of Effective Teaching using Multidimensional Processes. American Association of Universities. $100,000 (2022-2025)
Flow synthesis of isocyanate-terminated prepolymers. Honeywell / US Department of Energy $216,846 (2023-2024)
Development of Process for Derivatization of Engineered Polysaccharide Esters. IFF Inc. no amount disclosed (2023-2024)
Unlocking the Potential of Chemical Derivatives in Ethanol Production. Kansas Corn Commission $125,000 (2019 – 2023)
Process Technology and New Products from Corn Oil. Kansas Corn Commission. $50,176 (2022-2023)
Relating Nuclear Magnetization Relaxation Rates to Surface Chemistry of Carbonaceous Materials to Advance the Characterization of Petroleum Deposits. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund $110,000 (2020-2022)
Relating Nuclear Magnetization Relaxation Rates to Surface Chemistry of Carbonaceous Materials to Advance the Characterization of Petroleum Deposits.. 61103-ND10. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. $110000.00. Submitted 3/14/2019 (9/1/2020 - 8/31/2022). We seek to prepare model materials and develop advanced characterization methods for kerogen a substance found in shale oil deposits and key to unlocking the potential of this energy resource.. Status: Funded