Patricia A Relue

Dr. Patricia A Relue is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the College of Engineering, Bioengineering department, University of Toledo.

Her research spans bioengineering, biotechnology, and biomedical optics, with a focus on:

• Biomass conversion for renewable fuels
• Simultaneous isomerization and fermentation processes
• Biomedical imaging techniques using fluorescence spectroscopy
• Computational modeling of gene expression and light-tissue interactions

Key publication trends include:

• Biofuel production from biomass sugars
• Optical diagnostics for skin lesions
• Wavelet transforms for cancer classification
• Techno-economic analysis of biorefinery processes

Patents and technologies developed:

• High-yield furan production at mild conditions
• Reactive extraction methods for glycerol recovery