Faculty profile
Naoko Ellis
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Research
Latest papers
Adsorption Mechanisms and AI-Driven Discovery of Biomass-Based CO2 Sorbents.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
Hot syngas cleanup for pilot two-stage fluidized bed steam-oxygen biomass gasification plant.
Bioresource technology · 2025
From biomass waste to CO2 capture: a multi-fidelity machine learning workflow for high-throughput screening of activated carbons.
npj computational materials · 2025
Latest funding
- $59,702
Cultivating Literacy for Systems Change
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $47,246
How Does Conversational AI Influence Social Connection and Happiness?
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $53,000
Biomass Gasification for Decarbonization of Energy Systems
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
12 publications.
Adsorption Mechanisms and AI-Driven Discovery of Biomass-Based CO2 Sorbents.
Hajiali F, Chen J, Zou T, Renneckar S, Gopaluni B, Ellis N, Rojas OJ
Hot syngas cleanup for pilot two-stage fluidized bed steam-oxygen biomass gasification plant.
Fu Z, Aghdam NC, Nekoeian S, He J, Cheng L, Liu S, Zhang L, Chao J, Wei X, Wang R, Nagda B, Zhang Y, Ma Z, Ellis N, Bi X, Smith K, Lim J, Legros R, Duo W
From biomass waste to CO2 capture: a multi-fidelity machine learning workflow for high-throughput screening of activated carbons.
Hajiali F, Ellis N, Gopaluni B
Engineered biochars from catalytic microwave pyrolysis for reducing heavy metals phytotoxicity and increasing plant growth.
Mohamed BA, Ellis N, Kim CS, Bi X, Chen WH
Application of Fe-biochar composites for selenium (Se+6) removal from aqueous solution and effect of the presence of competing anions under environmentally relevant conditions.
Satyro S, Li H, Dehkhoda AM, McMillan R, Ellis N, Baldwin SA
Synergistic Effects of Catalyst Mixtures on Biomass Catalytic Pyrolysis.
Mohamed BA, Ellis N, Kim CS, Bi X
The role of tailored biochar in increasing plant growth, and reducing bioavailability, phytotoxicity, and uptake of heavy metals in contaminated soil.
Mohamed BA, Ellis N, Kim CS, Bi X
Engineered biochar from microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of switchgrass for increasing water-holding capacity and fertility of sandy soil.
Mohamed BA, Ellis N, Kim CS, Bi X, Emam AE
Microwave-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of switchgrass for improving bio-oil and biochar properties.
Mohamed BA, Kim CS, Ellis N, Bi X
Gasification of Woody Biomass.
Dai J, Saayman J, Grace JR, Ellis N
Cultivating Literacy for Systems Change
Principal investigators: Gladwin, Derek
Keywords: complexity education; systems literacy; change agents; systems change; climate and sustainability education; professional education programs
How Does Conversational AI Influence Social Connection and Happiness?
Principal investigators: Dunn, Elizabeth W.
Keywords: social connection; happiness; loneliness; conversation; technology; artificial intelligence; close relationships
Biomass Gasification for Decarbonization of Energy Systems
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
Keywords: biomass gasification; bioenergy; carbon capture, utilization and sequestration; system dynamic modelling; chemical looping systems; regional decarbonization; life cycle analysis; technoeconomic analysis; negative emissions technology
Evaluation of carbon capture and conversion technologies for pulp and paper mills
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
Development and optimization of wood-based activated carbon for supercapacitors
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
Chemical looping systems towards a low carbon future
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
Developing value-added material from carbonaceous waste to be used in electrochemically assisted adsorption processes (EAP)
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
Fast-Response Broad-Spectrum Aerosol Measurement System
Principal investigators: Rogak, Steven
CREATE Training Program in Carbon Capture
Principal investigators: Shimizu, George
Development of a recovery process to produce glycerin, glycerides, free fatty acid (FFA) and potassium phosphate from the byproduct of a process removing FFA from used cooking oil
Principal investigators: Ellis, Naoko
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xiaotao Bi and Naoko Ellis: 6 shared papers
- Bhushan Gopaluni and Naoko Ellis: 2 shared papers
- Xiaotao Bi and Kevin Smith: 1 shared paper
- Xiaotao Bi and Jim Lim: 1 shared paper
- Naoko Ellis and Kevin Smith: 1 shared paper
- Naoko Ellis and Jim Lim: 1 shared paper
- Kevin Smith and Jim Lim: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Xiaotao Bi
Chemical and Biological Engineering
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Bhushan Gopaluni
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Kevin Smith
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Jim Lim
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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