Skip to Main Content U.S. Department of Energy
Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate

Staff information

Michel Gray

Project Manager
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K7-04
Richland, WA 99352

PNNL Publications

2021

  • Guo M.F., M.J. Gray, H.M. Job, C.A. Alvarez-Vasco, S. Subramaniam, X. Zhang, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2021. "Uncovering the Active Sites and Demonstrating Stable Catalyst for Cost-Effective Conversion of Ethanol to 1-Butanol." Green Chemistry 23, no. 20:8030-8039. PNNL-SA-164007. doi:10.1039/D1GC01979A
  • Maddi B., S.D. Davidson, H.M. Job, R.A. Dagle, M.F. Guo, M.J. Gray, and K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy. 2021. "Production of Gaseous Olefins from Syngas over a Cobalt-HZSM-5 Catalyst." Catalysis Letters 151, no. 2:526-537. PNNL-SA-134786. doi:10.1007/s10562-020-03324-7

2020

  • Subramaniam S., M.F. Guo, T. Bathena, M.J. Gray, X. Zhang, A.I. Martinez, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2020. "Direct Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to C5+ Ketones: Role of Pd-Zn Alloy on Catalytic Activity and Stability." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59, no. 34:14550-14557. PNNL-SA-148910. doi:10.1002/anie.202005256

2019

  • Guo M.F., S. Subramaniam, M.J. Gray, and K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy. 2019. "Selective Butanol Production from Ethanol over an Atomically Dispersed Cu on Mixed Oxide Catalyst." In North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM 26), June 23-28, 2019, Chicago, IL. Orefield, Pennsylvania:North American Catalysis Society. PNNL-SA-140256.
  • Murugesan V., M.J. Gray, M.F. Guo, H.M. Job, L. Kovarik, A. Devaraj, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2019. "Thermally Activated Nucleation and Growth of Cobalt and Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles on Porous Silica." Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: International Journal Devoted to Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 37, no. 3:Article No. 031101. PNNL-SA-121414. doi:10.1116/1.5080448

2017

  • Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2017. "Nanoscale Compositional Mapping of Spent HZSM-5: An Atom Probe Tomography Study." In Proceedings of the North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM25), June 4-9, 2017, Denver, CO. PNNL-SA-122368.
  • Murugesan V., M.J. Gray, M.F. Guo, H.M. Job, A. Devaraj, C.J. Szymanski, and S. Thevuthasan, et al. 2017. "Thermal Evaluation of Metal Oxides on Silica Supports." In North American Catalysis Society Meeting, June 4-9, 2017, Denver, CO, Paper No. P-T-BRM-44. PNNL-SA-122369.

2016

  • Devaraj A., V. Murugesan, J. Bao, M.F. Guo, M.A. Derewinski, Z. Xu, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2016. "Discerning the Location and Nature of Coke Deposition from Surface to Bulk of Spent Zeolite Catalysts." Scientific Reports 6. PNNL-SA-113562. doi:10.1038/srep37586
  • Lebarbier V.M., C.D. Smith, M.D. Flake, K.O. Albrecht, M.J. Gray, K.K. Ramasamy, and R.A. Dagle. 2016. "Integrated Process for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Syngas into Transportation Fuels." Green Chemistry 18, no. 7:1880-1891. PNNL-SA-113248. doi:10.1039/c5gc02298c
  • Ramasamy K.K., M.J. Gray, H.M. Job, C.D. Smith, and Y. Wang. 2016. "Tunable catalytic properties of bi-functional mixed oxides in ethanol conversion to high value compounds." Catalysis Today 269. PNNL-SA-115950. doi:10.1016/j.cattod.2015.11.045
  • Ramasamy K.K., M.J. Gray, H.M. Job, D.M. Santosa, X.S. Li, A. Devaraj, and A.J. Karkamkar, et al. 2016. "Role of Calcination Temperature on the Hydrotalcite Derived MgO-Al2O3 in Converting Ethanol to Butanol." Topics in Catalysis 59, no. 1:46-54. PNNL-SA-110874. doi:10.1007/s11244-015-0504-8
  • Tan E., L.J. Snowden-Swan, M. Talmadge, A. Dutta, S.B. Jones, K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2016. "Comparative Techno-economic Analysis and Process Design for Indirect Liquefaction Pathways to Distillate-range Fuels via Biomass-derived Oxygenated Intermediates Upgrading." Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining 11, no. 1:41-66. PNNL-SA-120207. doi:10.1002/bbb.1710

2015

  • Howe D.T., D.J. Taasevigen, M.A. Gerber, M.J. Gray, C.A. Fernandez, L. Saraf, and M. Garcia-Perez, et al. 2015. "Bed Agglomeration During the Steam Gasification of a High Lignin Corn Stover Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) Digester Residue." Energy and Fuels 29, no. 12:8035-8046. PNNL-SA-112332. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01808
  • Ramasamy K.K., M.J. Gray, H.M. Job, and Y. Wang. 2015. "Direct Syngas Hydrogenation over a Co-Ni Bimetallic Catalyst: Process Parameter Optimization." Chemical Engineering Science 135. PNNL-SA-107517. doi:10.1016/j.ces.2015.03.064

2014

  • Dagle R.A., J.A. Lizarazo Adarme, V.M. Lebarbier, M.J. Gray, J.F. White, D.L. King, and D.R. Palo. 2014. "Syngas Conversion to Gasoline-Range Hydrocarbons over Pd/ZnO/Al2O3 and ZSM-5 Composite Catalyst System." Fuel Processing Technology 123. PNNL-SA-86935. doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.01.041

2012

  • Glezakou V.A., J.E. Jaffe, R.J. Rousseau, D. Mei, S.M. Kathmann, K.O. Albrecht, and M.J. Gray, et al. 2012. "The Role of Ir in Ternary Rh-Based Catalysts for Syngas Conversion to C2+ Oxygenates." Topics in Catalysis 55, no. 7-10:595-600. PNNL-SA-85103. doi:10.1007/s11244-012-9836-9

2010

  • Lilga M.A., R.T. Hallen, and M.J. Gray. 2010. "Production of Oxidized Derivatives of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)." Topics in Catalysis 53, no. 15-18:1264-1269. PNWD-SA-8796.

2009

  • Holladay J.E., J.B. Binder, M.J. Gray, J.F. White, and Z.C. Zhang. 2009. "Reactions of Lignin Model Compounds in Ionic Liquids." Biomass & Bioenergy 33, no. 9:1122-1130. PNNL-SA-57524. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.03.006

Science at PNNL

Core Research Areas

User Facilities

Centers & Institutes

Research Highlights

View All Research Highlights & Staff Accomplishments

RSS Feed

Contacts