Joe Sagues

Bio

Dr. Sagues is the Principal Investigator of the Biocarbon Utilization & Sequestration (BUS) Lab in the Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department at NC State University. He has experience in research, development, and demonstration of innovative bioprocessing technologies at corporations, universities, and national labs. During graduate school, he conducted independent research as a Technology-to-Market Scholar at the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) and as an Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellow (SCGSR) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

The BUS Lab takes an integrated approach to innovating technologies that utilize and sequester biogenic carbon. The aim of our work is to leverage the bioeconomy for carbon drawdown. We are bridging fundamental advances in synthetic biology and chemical catalysis with bioprocess engineering to innovate carbon-negative bioproducts that range from feed, chemicals, fuels, and materials.

When developing a new technology, the BUS Lab takes into account the entire technology-to-market pathway, starting with fundamental research and ending with commercialization. Such a comprehensive approach increases the odds of commercial success by eliminating developmental hurdles and pitfalls at an early stage.

Publications

• Biomass composting with gaseous carbon dioxide capture , RSC SUSTAINABILITY (2024)
• Catalytic graphitization of pyrolysis oil for anode application in lithium-ion batteries , GREEN CHEMISTRY (2024)
• Elucidating the impacts of municipal and industrial organic waste components on the kinetics and potentials of biomethane production via anaerobic digestion , (2024)
• Evaluating Cotton Apparel with Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment: The Climate Benefits of Temporary Biogenic Carbon Storage , BIORESOURCES (2024)
• Kinetic assessment of pulp mill-derived lime mud calcination in high CO2 atmosphere , FUEL (2024)
• Phenolic Resin Derived Hard Carbon Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Review , ACS ENERGY LETTERS (2024)
• Poultry litter-derived biochar for supercapacitor applications , Next Energy (2024)
• Catalytic Graphitization of Biocarbon for Lithium‐Ion Anodes: A Minireview , ChemSusChem (2023)
• Green Needle Coke Production from Pyrolysis Biocrude toward Bio-based Anode Material Manufacture: Biochar Fines Addition Effect as ?Physical Template? on the Crystalline Order , ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING (2023)
• Leveraging the bioeconomy for carbon drawdown , GREEN CHEMISTRY (2023)