{"676678":{"#nid":"676678","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student\u0027s Perspective - Part 4","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis is part four of the student experiences \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/2023-rbi-spring-workshop-experience-students-perspective\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eseries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. William Berkey, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry shares his experience from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/spring-workshop-explores-innovations-packaging-industry-and-circular-economy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2023 RBI Spring Workshop\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on \u0022Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETell us about yourself.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMy name is William Berkey. I got my undergraduate degree in chemistry from Davidson College in North Carolina. I am getting my Ph.D. in chemistry at Georgia Tech. I am co-advised by Stefan France and Christopher Jones. I work on the upcycling\u0026nbsp;of carbohydrates to yield furan-containing building blocks as platforms chemicals and precursors to value-added fuels, materials, and products. Specifically, I work with the Garcia Gonzalez reaction and the Achmatowicz reaction.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.joc.3c00675\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Epaper\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E I just published as the second author with my mentor Caria Evans (first author) is about converting amino acids \u2014 a renewable feedstock \u2014 to functionalities pyrroles that can be used for drug molecule development or other bio-active compounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow was your experience at the RBI workshop?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI really enjoyed the RBI workshop. It was interesting to see other people\u2019s research and talk with fellow researchers on solving problems and potentially collaborating. The diverse set of talks from industrial, government, and research collaborators shows the wide set of problems still to be solved and different viewpoints on how to solve them. My main takeaway is that through collaboration, solutions to a wide range of problems affecting the industry can be achieved.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat was your main takeaway from the poster session?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat stood out during the poster session was the wide variety of topics that my peers were researching and the interesting findings they discovered. I interacted with several industrial representatives and a fellow Davidson alumnus who works in forest management. I received great advice on how to advance my research as well as how to pursue potential next steps in application.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat more would you like to see in future events at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI would like to see more talks on biorefining. I am interested in interacting with potential collaborators. I would like to see new seminars on research\u0026nbsp;problem-solving or project idea creation.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis is part four of the student experiences \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/2023-rbi-spring-workshop-experience-students-perspective\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eseries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. William Berkey, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry shares his experience from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/spring-workshop-explores-innovations-packaging-industry-and-circular-economy\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2023 RBI Spring Workshop\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on \u0022Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This is part four of the student experiences series. 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