Nathan Bryant (Fed)

Dr. Nathan Bryant is currently an NRC postdoctoral fellow at NIST Boulder in the Fluid Characterization Group. His current efforts include detecting trace compounds from breath capture devices by GC-MS and expanding the capabilities of the group's high pressure NMR system. Prior to joining NIST, Dr. Bryant completed his PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee under the supervision of Dr. Arthur Ragauskas, Governor's Chair for Biorefining. His graduate school work focused on characterizing cell wall biopolymers for biofuel applications, with an emphasis on analyzing lignin by NMR. He also hold an M.S. in reliability engineering from the University of Tennessee and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Tennessee Technological University. Dr. Bryant also has several years in industry. He first worked as a process engineer at a nuclear fuel cycle facility, and then as a research engineer at Eastman Chemical Company focusing on improving properties of cellulose acetate fiber.    

PUBLICATIONS

Xie, Di, Yunqiao Pu, Nathan D. Bryant, David P. Harper, Wei Wang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Mi Li. "Synthesis of Bio-Based Repairable Polyimines with Tailored Properties by Lignin Fractionation." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c08482 

Kheam, Rithany, Kailong Zhang, Thomas Elder, Nathan Bryant, Arthur Raguaskas, and Mi Li. "Totally chlorine-free peracetic acid pulping for nanocellulose isolation from hemp and poplar." TAPPI Journal 22, no. 8 (2023). https://doi.org/10.32964/tj22.8.529 

Ha, Chan Man, Luis Escamilla-Trevino, Chunliu Zhuo, Yunqiao Pu, Nathan Bryant, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Xirong Xiao, Ying Li, Fang Chen, and Richard A. Dixon. "Systematic approaches to C-lignin engineering in Medicago truncatula." Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 16, no. 1 (2023): 100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-023-02339-7 

Bryant, Nathan, Wellington Muchero, Rachel A. Weber, Jaime Barros, Jin-Gui Chen, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas. "Cell wall response of field grown Populus to Septoria infection." Frontiers in Plant Science 14 (2023): 1089011. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1089011 

Bryant, Nathan, Jin Zhang, Kai Feng, Mengjun Shu, Raphael Ployet, Jin-Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero et al. "Novel candidate genes for lignin structure identified through genome-wide association study of naturally varying Populus trichocarpa." Frontiers in plant science 14 (2023): 1153113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1153113 

Bryant, Nathan, Nancy Engle, Timothy Tschaplinski, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas. "Variable lignin structure revealed in Populus leaves." RSC advances 13, no. 29 (2023): 20187-20197. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra03142j 

Xie, Di, Yunqiao Pu, Xianzhi Meng, Nathan D. Bryant, Kailong Zhang, Wei Wang, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Mi Li. "Effect of the lignin structure on the physicochemical properties of lignin-grafted-poly (ε-caprolactone) and its application for water/oil separation." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10, no. 50 (2022): 16882-16895. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05495  

Liang, Luna, Yun-Yan Wang, Samarthya Bhagia, Vaidyanathan Sethuraman, Zhi Yang, Xianzhi Meng, Nathan Bryant et al. "Chemical and morphological structure of transgenic switchgrass organosolv lignin extracted by ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, and γ-valerolactone pretreatments." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10, no. 28 (2022): 9041-9052. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c00948 

Gong, Chunxiao, Sune Tjalfe Thomsen, Xianzhi Meng, Yunqiao Pu, Maria Puig-Arnavat, Nathan Bryant, Samarthya Bhagia, Claus Felby, Arthur J. Ragauskas, and Lisbeth Garbrecht Thygesen. "Effects of different pelleting technologies and parameters on pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass." Renewable Energy 179 (2021): 2147-2157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.08.039 

Gong, Chunxiao, Nathan Bryant, Xianzhi Meng, Samarthya Bhagia, Yunqiao Pu, Donglin Xin, Christian Bender Koch et al. "Double bonus: surfactant-assisted biomass pelleting benefits both the pelleting process and subsequent enzymatic saccharification of the pretreated pellets." Green Chemistry 23, no. 2 (2021): 1050-1061. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0GC03855E 

Bryant, Nathan D., Yunqiao Pu, Timothy J. Tschaplinski, Gerald A. Tuskan, Wellington Muchero, Udaya C. Kalluri, Chang Geun Yoo, and Arthur J. Ragauskas. "Transgenic poplar designed for biofuels." Trends in plant science 25, no. 9 (2020): 881-896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.03.008 

Bryant, Nathan, Chang G. Yoo, Yunqiao Pu, and Arthur J. Ragauskas. "2D HSQC Chemical Shifts of Impurities from Biomass Pretreatment." ChemistrySelect 5, no. 11 (2020): 3359-3364. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202000406