Gregg Beckham

Dr. Gregg Beckham is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Chemical Engineering, BioEconomy and Sustainable Transportation, and holds affiliate faculty positions at Colorado State University (since 2019) and the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at University of Colorado Boulder (since 2016). Previously, he served as Group Leader and Senior Engineer at NREL (2011-2018), Engineer at NREL (2008-2011), Senior Lecturer at MIT's Chemical Engineering Department (2007), and Station Director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance at National University of Singapore (2005).

Education includes:

• PhD in Chemical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Master in Chemical Engineering Practice from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University

Research focuses on sustainable engineering with emphasis on:

• Waste valorization and circular economy solutions
• Polymer science and plastics recycling technologies
• Metabolic engineering for bioprocess optimization
• Catalytic conversion of renewable resources
• Molecular simulation of biochemical systems

Recent publications demonstrate strong focus on sustainable materials processing, including polymer recycling techniques, microbial engineering for plastic degradation, catalytic biomass conversion, and circular food systems. This interdisciplinary work bridges chemical engineering, biotechnology, and environmental science.

Dr. Beckham leads research groups at NREL focusing on bioeconomy solutions and maintains extensive collaborations in sustainable technology development.