Terry Mazanec, Ph.D.

Biomass, Catalysis, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), Biochemicals, Plastics Chemical Recycling, Pyrolysis, MSW Reclamation, IP, Gasification, Biogas, Risk Analysis

Dr. Mazanec has been involved in the renewable fuels and chemicals area for much of his 40 years in the industry.  He worked in R&D at BP for over twenty years where he invented the Oxygen Transport Membrane process for the in situ separation of oxygen from air for the production of syngas from natural gas, and led an international industrial technical team to develop and scale up the process.  During 9 years as Chief Scientist at Velocys, he led the team developing microchannel processes for natural gas upgrading and chemicals production, including catalyst development, corrosion resistance, and metals coating.  Later, as interim CTO of Anellotech, Terry directed R&D and developed intellectual property for Anellotech’s proprietary processes for converting biomass and plastics to aromatics and olefins.  Dr. Mazanec has been a Subject Matter Expert at LEC since 2015 and currently serves as Managing Director.  He has authored 20 refereed publications and has been granted more than 75 US Patents as well as numerous international patents. He has experience in biomass upgrading, natural gas conversion, solid oxide fuel cells, algae production, and chemical process development.  Terry earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from The Ohio State University under the direction of Prof Devon Meek.  He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   Contact Terry.