Sener Research Group
At the Interface of Surface Science and Biomass Upgrading

Publications

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  • Sener, C., Timokhin, V.I., Hellinger, J., Ralph, J., Karlen, S.D., “Pd/C promotes C-H bond activation and oxidation of p-hydroxybenzoate during hydrogenolysis of poplar”, Nature Communications, 16 (1), 5259 (2025)
  • Rajbangshi J., Sener C., Van Lehn R., “Effect of Solvents on Lignin-Solvent and Lignin-Surface Interactions via Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, (2025)
  • Karlen, S.D., Timokhin, V.I., Sener, C., Mobley, Runge, T., Ralph, J., “Production of Biomass-Derived p-Hydroxybenzamide: Synthesis of p-Aminophenol and Paracetamol”, ChemSusChem, Cover Feature, 17, e202400234 (2024)
  • Umana, G.E., Perez, J.M., Unda, F., Lin, C.-Y., Sener, C., Karlen, S.D., Mansfield S.D., Eudes, A., Ralph, J., Donohue, T.J., Noguera D.R., “Biological Funneling of Phenolics from Transgenic Plants Engineered to Express the Bacterial 3-Dehydroshikimate dehydratase (qSUB) Gene”, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 4:1036084 (2022)
  • Ralph, J., Kim, H., Lu, F., Smith, R.A., Karlen, S.D., Nuoendagula, Yoshiko, K., Eugene, A., Liu, S., Sener, C., Ando, D., Chen, M., Li, Y., Landucci, L.L., Ralph, S.A., Timokhin, V.I., Rencoret, J., del Rio, J.C., “Lignins and Lignification: New Developments and Emerging Concepts”, RAPR Vol 8 (2023)
  • Sener, C., Perez, J.M., Misra, S., Umana, G.E., Coplien, J., Haak, D., Li, Y., Maravelias, C.T., Karlen, S.D., Ralph, J., Donohue, T.J., Noguera, D.R., “Integrating Lignin Depolymerization with Microbial Funneling Processes Using Agronomically Relevant Feedstocks”, Green Chemistry, 24, 2795-2811 (2022) (co-first author)
  • Timokhin, V.I., Regner, M., Motagamwala, A.H., Sener, C., Karlen, S.D., Dumesic, J.A., Ralph, J., “Production of p-Coumaric Acid from Corn GVL-Lignin”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry&Engineering, 8 (47), 17427-17438 (2020)
  • De Bruyn, M., Sener, C., Petrolini, D.D., McClelland, D.J., He, J.Y., Ball, M.R., Liu, Y.F., Martins, L., Dumesic, J.A., Huber, G.W., Weckhuysen, B.M., “Catalytic Hydrogenation of Dihydrolevoglucosenone to Levoglucosanol with a Hydrotalcite/Mixed Oxide Copper Catalyst”, Green Chemistry, 21 (18), 5000-5007 (2019)
  • Sener, C., Motagamwala, A.H., Alonso, D.M., Dumesic, J.A., “Enhanced Furfural Yields from Xylose Dehydration in the g-Valerolactone/Water Solvent System at Elevated Temperatures”, ChemSusChem, Front Cover, 11 (14), 2321-2331 (2018)
  • Motagamwala, A.H., Won, W., Sener, C., Alonso, D.M., Maravelias, C.T., Dumesic, J.A., “Toward Biomass-Derived Renewable Plastics: Production of Furandicarboxylic Acid from Fructose”, Science Advances, 4, eaap9722 (2018)
  • Liu, Y., Goeltl, F., Ro, I., Ball, M.R., Sener, C., Aragao, I.B., Zanchet, D., Huber, G.W., Mavrikakis, M., Dumesic, J.A., “Synthesis Gas Conversion over Rh-Based Catalysts Promoted by Fe and Mn”, ACS Catalysis, 7, 4550-4563 (2017)
  • Ro, I., Liu, Y., Ball, M.R., Jackson, D.H.K., Chada, J.P., Sener, C., Kuech T.F., Madon R.J., Huber G.W., Dumesic, J.A., “Role of the Cu-ZrO2 Interfacial Sites for Ethanol Conversion to Ethyl Acetate and Methanol Synthesis from CO2 and H2”, ACS Catalysis, 6 (10), 7040-7050 (2016)
  • Ro, I.,Sener, C., Stadelman, T.M., Ball M., Venegas J.M., Burt, S., Hermans, I., Dumesic, J.A., Huber, G.W., “Measurement of Intrinsic Catalytic Activity of Pt Monometallic and Pt-MoOx Interfacial Sites Over Visible Light Enhanced PtMoOx/SiO2 Catalyst in Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction”, Journal of Catalysis, 344, 784-794 (2016)
  • Sener, C., Wesley, T.S., Alba-Rubio, A.C., Kumbhalkar, M.D., Hakim, S.H., Ribeiro, F.H., Miller, J.T., Dumesic, J.A., “PtMo Bimetallic Catalysts Synthesized by Controlled Surface Reactions for Water Gas Shift”, ACS Catalysis, 6, 1334-1344 (2016)
  • Alba-Rubio, A.C., Sener, C., Hakim, S.H., Gostanian, T.M., Dumesic, J.A., “Synthesis of Supported RhMo and PtMo Bimetallic Catalysts by Controlled Surface Reactions”, ChemCatChem, 7, 3881-3886 (2015)
  • Hakim, S.H., Sener, C., Alba-Rubio, A.C., Gostanian, T.M., O’Neill, B.J., Ribeiro, F.H., Miller, J.T., Dumesic, J.A., “Synthesis of Supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Controlled Size and Composition Distributions for Active Site Elucidation”, Journal of Catalysis, 328, 75-90 (2015)
  • O’Neill, B.J., Sener, C., Jackson, D.H.K., Kuech, T.M., Dumesic, J.A., “Control of Thickness and Chemical Properties of Atomic Layer Deposition Overcoats for Stabilizing Cu/γ-Al2O3Catalysts”, ChemSusChem, 7, 3247-3251 (2014)
  • Mellmer, M.A., Sener, C., Gallo, J.M.R., Lutherbacher, J.S., Alonso, D.M., Dumesic, J.A., “Solvent Effects in Acid-Catalyzed Biomass Conversion Reactions”, Angewandte Chemie, 53, 11872-11875 (2014)
  • Damyanova, S., Pawelec, B., Arishtirova, K., Fierro, J.L.G., Sener, C., Dogu, T., “MCM-41 Supported PdNi Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 92, 250-261 (2009)
  • Sener, C., Arishtirova, K., Nikolov, R.N., Dogu, T., Dogu, G., Damyanova, S., “MCM-41 Supported Ni Catalysts for Dry Reforming of Methane”,
    Advanced Micro- and Mesoporous Materials, Heron Press, Sofia, 355-362 (2008)
  • Sener, C., Dogu, T., Dogu, G.  “Direct Hydrothermal Synthesis of Palladium Incorporated Silicate-Structured Mesoporous Catalysts”, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 31, 473-478 (2007)
  • Sener, C., Dogu, T., Dogu, G., “Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Pd Incorporated MCM-41 Type Mesoporous Nanocomposite Catalytic Materials with High Pd/Si Ratios”, Microporous Mesoporous Materials, 94, 89-98 (2006)