COURSE ID 2844

Biobased and Green Surfactants and Detergents

AVAILABLE On-demand
90 Minutes

On-Demand

Offering Price
$ 295
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Current State-of-the-Art and Future Directions

This 90-minute accredited training will describe bio-based and green surfactants and why they comprise a growing market. The course will explain why the use of enzymes and microorganisms to prepare bio-based surfactants is an emerging research and development area and provide some specific synthesis strategies. New and emerging bio-based surfactants in the marketplace will be presented.

This training has been designed to benefit professionals in the environmental, home and personal care industries. It will be especially worthwhile to those working in research and development, vendors and suppliers, laboratory chemists and scientists and formulation personnel.

course instructor

Douglas G. Hayes
Professor of Biosystems Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee

Douglas G. Hayes’s Courses
Douglas G. Hayes has over 30 years of experience with surfactants and detergents and their use in soft matter systems. Dr. Hayes also has research interests in value-added products from renewable resources, biopolymers in agricultural systems, and nanotechnology. Dr. Hayes has published over 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals, over 20 book chapters, and two co-edited books. A third co-edited book, Biobased Surfactants: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (2nd Edition) is currently in preparation. He serves as an editor for two scientific journals. Dr. Hayes has won awards for both his teaching and research programs. Dr. Hayes received his BS and PhD at Iowa State University (1986) and the University of Michigan (1991), respectively. Dr. Hayes serves on the Governing Board for the American Oil Chemists' Society and the Programme Advisory Committee for the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. He is a Guest Professor at two Chinese universities.