Bruce S. Dien
National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Bioenergy Research Unit, Peoria, IL 61604; bruce.dien@ars.usda.gov
Education
University of Minnesota Chemical Engineering Ph.D. 1994
Purdue University Biochemistry B.S. 1988
Purdue University Agricultural Engineering B.S. 1988
Research and Professional Experience
1988-1994 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota.
1994-1996 Postdoctoral Scientist, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL.
1996-2002 Research Scientist, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL.
2002-present Lead Scientist, Fermentation Biotechnology Unit, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL.
Publications
Dien BS, Jung HJ, Vogel KP, Casler MD, Lamb JF, Iten L, Mitchell RB, Sarath G. Chemical composition and response to dilute-acid pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of alfalfa, reed canarygrass, and switchgrass. Biomass and Bioenergy. 2006 Oct 31;30(10):880-91.
Dien, B.S., Miller, D.J., Hector, R.E., Dixon, R.A., Chen, F., McCaslin, M., Risen, P., Sarath, G., Cotta, M.A.. Enhancing alfalfa conversion efficiencies for sugar recovery and ethanol production by altering lignin composition. Bioresource Technology. 102(11):6479-6486. 2011
Hector, R.E., Dien, B.S., Cotta, M.A., Qureshi, N. Engineering industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for xylose fermentation and comparison for switchgrass conversion. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 38(9):1193-1202. 2011.
Vogel KP, Dien BS, Jung HG, Casler MD, Masterson SD, Mitchell RB. Quantifying actual and theoretical ethanol yields for switchgrass strains using NIRS analyses. BioEnergy Research. 2011 Jun 1;4(2):96-110.
Dien, B.S., Casler, M.D., Hector, R.E., Iten, L.B., Nichols, N.N., Mertens, J.A., Cotta, M.A. Biochemical processing of reed canarygrass into fuel ethanol. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies. 7:338-347. 2012.
Dien, B.S., Wicklow, D.T., Singh, V., Moreau, R.A., Winkler-Moser, J.K., Cotta, M.A. Influence of Stenocarpella maydis infected corn on the composition of corn kernel and its conversion into ethanol. Cereal Chemistry. 89(1):15-23. 2012.
Dien BS, O'Bryan PJ, Hector RE, Iten LB, Mitchell RB, Qureshi N, Sarath G, Vogel KP, Cotta MA. Conversion of switchgrass to ethanol using dilute ammonium hydroxide pretreatment: influence of ecotype and harvest maturity. Environmental technology. 2013 Jul 1;34(13-14):1837-48.
Vogel KP, Mitchell RB, Sarath G, Jung HG, Dien BS, Casler MD. Switchgrass biomass composition altered by six generations of divergent breeding for digestibility. Crop Science. 2013 May 1;53(3):853-62.
Slininger PJ, Dien BS, Kurtzman CP, Moser BR, Bakota EL, Thompson SR, O'Bryan PJ, Cotta MA, Balan V, Jin M, Sousa LD. 2016. Comparative lipid production by oleaginous yeasts in hydrolyzates of lignocellulosic biomass and process strategy for high titers. Biotechnology and bioengineering. (113) 8:1676-1690.
Dien, B.S., Zhu, J.Y., Slininger, P.J., Kurtzman, C.P., Moser, B.R., O’Bryan, P.J., Gleisner, R., and Cotta, M.A. 2016. Conversion of SPORL-pretreated Douglas-Fir forest residues into microbial lipids with oleaginous yeasts. RSV. Adv. 6:20695-20705.
Synergistic Activities
· Lead Scientist for Bioenergy Resarch Unit, NCAUR, ARS, USDA
· Grant panel member NSF, USDA, and DOE
· Editorial review board Biotechnology for Biofuels
· On site reviewer for DOE Bioenergy Center located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2014, 2015)
· Invited speaker for Frontiers of Engineering Annual Conference, National Academy of Enginnering (2007)
· Technical Advisory Board for Genome Prairie (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) (2007-20014) and National Corn to Ethanol Research Center (NCERC, Edwardsville, IL)