Jack Saddler

NSERC Industrial Senior Chair, Task Leader, IEA Bioenergy Task 39

Wood Science

Faculty of Forestry

Jack’s research specializes on turning forest residues into liquid fuels and chemicals, in what is called the biorefining concept. He expects that new technologies will allow many chemicals and fuels that are currently products of oil refining to be produced more sustainably and, more economically, from biomass sources such as forestry residues or forestry energy crops such as fast rotation poplar. Jack has taken on the role of Task Leader for IEA Bioenergy Task 39 in order to facilitate international communication and promote research on the policy and technology issues related to the commercialization of liquid biofuels.

BPI Publications

A comparison of methods used to track the ‘green molecules’ and determine the carbon intensities of co-processed fuels Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2023
Decarbonizing British Columbia's (BC's) marine sector by using low carbon intensive (CI) biofuels Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2023
Decarbonizing North America's rail sector, international initiatives and local opportunities Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023
Erratum: Fabrication of a Transparent and Biodegradable Cellulose Film from Kraft Pulp via Cold Alkaline Swelling and Mechanical Blending (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. (2022) 10:32 (10560−10569) DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01937) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2023
Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of commercial residual lignin with in-situ catalysts to produce homogenous bio-oil and high-yield biochar with enriched pores Energy Conversion and Management, 2023
Reduced cellulose accessibility slows down enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of cellulose Bioresource Technology, 2023
Size-controlled synthesis of xylan micro / nanoparticles by self-assembly of alkali-extracted xylan Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023
The need for effective life cycle assessment (LCA) to enhance the effectiveness of policies such as low carbon fuel standards (LCFS's) Energy Policy, 2023
The pre-addition of “blocking” proteins decreases subsequent cellulase adsorption to lignin and enhances cellulose hydrolysis Bioresource Technology, 2023
Two-stage sulfite steam pre-treatment achieves extraordinary bioethanol titer from simultaneously saccharification and fermentation of softwood whole slurries Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023
An economic and environmental assessment of biofuel produced via microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of forest residues Energy Conversion and Management, 2022
Causal Discovery Based on Observational Data and Process Knowledge in Industrial Processes Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022
Climate change affects cell-wall structure and hydrolytic performance of a perennial grass as an energy crop Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2022
Current breakthroughs in the hardwood biorefineries: Hydrothermal processing for the co-production of xylooligosaccharides and bioethanol Bioresource Technology, 2022
Determining the amount of ‘green’ coke generated when co-processing lipids commercially by fluid catalytic cracking Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2022
Fabrication of a Transparent and Biodegradable Cellulose Film from Kraft Pulp via Cold Alkaline Swelling and Mechanical Blending ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2022
Production of lower carbon-intensity fuels by co-processing biogenic feedstocks: Potential and challenges for refineries Fuel, 2022
Repurposing oil refineries to “stand-alone units” that refine lipids/oleochemicals to produce low-carbon intensive, drop-in biofuels Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022
Sulphite addition during steam pretreatment enhanced both enzyme-mediated cellulose hydrolysis and ethanol production Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2022
The pretreatment of softwood chips and pellets by alkali sulfonation and thermomechanical pulping and its influence on lignin redistribution and the enzyme mediated hydrolysis of the cellulose component Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2022
The use of steam pretreatment to enhance pellet durability and the enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of pellets to fermentable sugars Bioresource Technology, 2022
Tracking the Biogenic Component of Lower-Carbon Intensive, Co-Processed Fuels—An Overview of Existing Approaches Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2022
Tracking the green coke production when co-processing lipids at a commercial fluid catalytic cracker (FCC): combining isotope 14C and causal discovery analysis Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 2022
Challenges in determining the renewable content of the final fuels after co-processing biogenic feedstocks in the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) of a commercial oil refinery Fuel, 2021
Enhancing Kraft based dissolving pulp production by integrating green liquor neutralization Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2021
Life-cycle analysis of drop-in biojet fuel produced from British Columbia forest residues and wood pellets via fast-pyrolysis Applied Energy, 2021
Rapid, high-yield production of lignin-containing cellulose nanocrystals using recyclable oxalic acid dihydrate Industrial Crops and Products, 2021
Structural and compositional changes induced by hydrothermal and organosolv pretreatments impacts enzymatic hydrolysis of a tropical forage grass grown under future climate conditions Industrial Crops and Products, 2021
The production of lactic acid from chemi-thermomechanical pulps using a chemo-catalytic approach Bioresource Technology, 2021
Use of Endoglucanase and Accessory Enzymes to Facilitate Mechanical Pulp Nanofibrillation ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2021
Acidic deep eutectic solvent assisted isolation of lignin containing nanocellulose from thermomechanical pulp Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020
Alkaline sulfonation and thermomechanical pulping pretreatment of softwood chips and pellets to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis Bioresource Technology, 2020
Biofuels policies that have encouraged their production and use: An international perspective Energy Policy, 2020
Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment of Transgenic Biomass With Increased C6C1 Lignin Monomers Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Elucidation of Changes in Cellulose Ultrastructure and Accessibility in Hardwood Fractionation Processes with Carbohydrate Binding Modules ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020
Enhancing cellulose nanofibrillation of eucalyptus Kraft pulp by combining enzymatic and mechanical pretreatments Cellulose, 2020
Enhancing Enzyme-Mediated Cellulose Hydrolysis by Incorporating Acid Groups Onto the Lignin During Biomass Pretreatment Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Enhancing Enzyme-Mediated Hydrolysis of Mechanical Pulps by Deacetylation and Delignification ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020
Enzyme-Mediated Lignocellulose Liquefaction Is Highly Substrate-Specific and Influenced by the Substrate Concentration or Rheological Regime Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
High Production Yield and More Thermally Stable Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanocrystals Isolated Using a Ternary Acidic Deep Eutectic Solvent ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020
Non-productive celluase binding onto deep eutectic solvent (DES) extracted lignin from willow and corn stover with inhibitory effects on enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020
Potential of Xylanases to Reduce the Viscosity of Micro/Nanofibrillated Bleached Kraft Pulp ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2020
Potential to Produce Sugars and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibrils from Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Chemi-Thermomechanical Pulps ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020
Substrate Characteristics That Influence the Filter Paper Assay's Ability to Predict the Hydrolytic Potential of Cellulase Mixtures ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020
The production of lipids using 5-hydorxymethy furfural tolerant Rhodotorula graminis grown on the hydrolyzates of steam pretreated softwoods Sustainability (Switzerland), 2020
The use of fluorescent protein-tagged carbohydrate-binding modules to evaluate the influence of drying on cellulose accessibility and enzymatic hydrolysis RSC Advances, 2020

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