Dr. Osamudiamhen Elvis Ebikade

Chemical Engineering PhD (Biomass Valorization to Low Carbon Products) from the University of Delaware

Research Expertise

Food Waste Valorization
Catalysis
Process Optimization
Sustainability
Environmental Chemistry
Pollution
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Process Chemistry and Technology
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Library and Information Sciences
Computer Science Applications
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Toxicology
Waste Management and Disposal
Agronomy and Crop Science
Plant Science

About

Elvis Ebikade is a Senior Sustainable Fuel Consultant at Southwest Airlines where he leads Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) offtake opportunities, engages on SAF policy, and collaborates with downstream stakeholders on SAF distribution, blending and logistics. He is an accomplished SAF expert with 10+ years’ experience in low carbon fuels, circularity, and biomass valorization and experienced in building relationships with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producers, policy lobbyists, midstream pipeline leaders and airport fuel farm operators. He holds 2 patents on lignin valorization and his > 10 research publications on biomass valorization and low carbon products have a total citation count \~300. His exceptional ability in his area of technical expertise afforded him US permanent residence. He is an active member of ASTM Committee D02 (petroleum products, liquid Fuels, & lubricants), Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT), and Aviation climate taskforce (ACT). Prior to his current role, Elvis worked at the Boston Consulting Group, performing market analysis, and evaluating competitive landscape for new sustainable fuels business development opportunities across agriculture and energy industries. Elvis has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, an M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware. His PhD thesis was on catalysis and process engineering for unconventional biomass conversion

Publications

Reductive catalytic fractionation of agricultural residue and energy crop lignin and application of lignin oil in antimicrobials

Green Chemistry / Jan 01, 2020

Ebikade, E. O., Samulewicz, N., Xuan, S., Sheehan, J. D., Wu, C., & Vlachos, D. G. (2020). Reductive catalytic fractionation of agricultural residue and energy crop lignin and application of lignin oil in antimicrobials. Green Chemistry, 22(21), 7435–7447. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc02781b

The Future is Garbage: Repurposing of Food Waste to an Integrated Biorefinery

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering / May 12, 2020

Ebikade, E., Athaley, A., Fisher, B., Yang, K., Wu, C., Ierapetritou, M. G., & Vlachos, D. G. (2020). The Future is Garbage: Repurposing of Food Waste to an Integrated Biorefinery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(22), 8124–8136. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b07479

A review of thermal and thermocatalytic valorization of food waste

Green Chemistry / Jan 01, 2021

Ebikade, E. O., Sadula, S., Gupta, Y., & Vlachos, D. G. (2021). A review of thermal and thermocatalytic valorization of food waste. Green Chemistry, 23(8), 2806–2833. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc00536g

Ambient-pressure lignin valorization to high-performance polymers by intensified reductive catalytic deconstruction

Science Advances / Jan 21, 2022

O’Dea, R. M., Pranda, P. A., Luo, Y., Amitrano, A., Ebikade, E. O., Gottlieb, E. R., Ajao, O., Benali, M., Vlachos, D. G., Ierapetritou, M., & Epps, T. H. (2022). Ambient-pressure lignin valorization to high-performance polymers by intensified reductive catalytic deconstruction. Science Advances, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj7523

One-step lignocellulose depolymerization and saccharification to high sugar yield and less condensed isolated lignin

Green Chemistry / Jan 01, 2021

Sadula, S., Rodriguez Quiroz, N., Athaley, A., Ebikade, E. O., Ierapetritou, M., Vlachos, D. G., & Saha, B. (2021). One-step lignocellulose depolymerization and saccharification to high sugar yield and less condensed isolated lignin. Green Chemistry, 23(3), 1200–1211. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc04119j

Active learning-driven quantitative synthesis–structure–property relations for improving performance and revealing active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon for the hydrogen evolution reaction

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering / Jan 01, 2020

Ebikade, E. O., Wang, Y., Samulewicz, N., Hasa, B., & Vlachos, D. (2020). Active learning-driven quantitative synthesis–structure–property relations for improving performance and revealing active sites of nitrogen-doped carbon for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 5(12), 2134–2147. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0re00243g

Lignin monomer conversion into biolubricant base oils

Green Chemistry / Jan 01, 2021

Ebikade, E. O., Sadula, S., Liu, S., & Vlachos, D. G. (2021). Lignin monomer conversion into biolubricant base oils. Green Chemistry, 23(24), 10090–10100. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1gc03350f

LigninGraphs: lignin structure determination with multiscale graph modeling

Journal of Cheminformatics / Jul 06, 2022

Wang, Y., Kalscheur, J., Ebikade, E., Li, Q., & Vlachos, D. G. (2022). LigninGraphs: lignin structure determination with multiscale graph modeling. Journal of Cheminformatics, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-022-00627-2

Lignin-Based Water-Soluble Polymers Exhibiting Biodegradability and Activity as Flocculating Agents

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering / Aug 16, 2022

Sheehan, J. D., Ebikade, E., Vlachos, D. G., & Lobo, R. F. (2022). Lignin-Based Water-Soluble Polymers Exhibiting Biodegradability and Activity as Flocculating Agents. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(34), 11117–11129. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01428

Evaluation of Bio-Methane Production from Abattoir Wastewater: Effect of Inoculum to Substrate Ratio (isr) and Co-digestion

The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management / May 01, 2017

Ogunbayo, A. O., Olanipekun, O. O., & Ebikade, E. O. (2017). Evaluation of Bio-Methane Production from Abattoir Wastewater: Effect of Inoculum to Substrate Ratio (isr) and Co-digestion. The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 43(2), 83–90. https://doi.org/10.5276/jswtm.2017.83

The impact of differential lignin S/G ratios on mutagenicity and chicken embryonic toxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology / Aug 27, 2021

Zhang, X., Levia, D. F., Ebikade, E. O., Chang, J., Vlachos, D. G., & Wu, C. (2021). The impact of differential lignin S/G ratios on mutagenicity and chicken embryonic toxicity. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 42(3), 423–435. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/jat.4229

Kinetic Studies of Acid Hydrolysis of Food Waste-Derived Saccharides

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research / Nov 21, 2018

Ebikade, E., Lym, J., Wittreich, G., Saha, B., & Vlachos, D. G. (2018). Kinetic Studies of Acid Hydrolysis of Food Waste-Derived Saccharides. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(51), 17365–17374. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04671

Education

University of Delaware

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/PhD, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Experience

University of Delaware

PhD Candidate / August, 2017June, 2021

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