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Dr Ejae John Abridged c.v.
Ejae A. John
ejaejohn@gmail.com
1-868-365-0065
Professional Summary
Industrial chemist with 9 years of experience in tertiary- level academia. Highly skilled at explaining
chemical concepts and conveying their industrial, historical, environmental, and financial importance.
Co-author of ~20 book chapters, refereed journal publications, and refereed conference proceedings.
Utilises skills to research, assess, design, and test sustainable processes and products.
Education
PhD, Chemistry, Supervisor: Dr. Charles Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA,) August
2007
BS, Chemistry (University Honours), American University (Washington, DC) 2001
Current Appointment
Associate Professor, Process Engineering, University of Trinidad and Tobago- Pt. Lisas, 2007 – present
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Level
Biochemical Engineering Processes
Catalysis and Catalytic Processes
Corrosion
General Chemistry I/II
Natural Gas Processing and Treatment
Organic Chemistry I/II
Material Science
Graduate Level
Natural Gas Processing and Treatment
Research Methods
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Research Interests
- C1 Transformations for development of Value Added Products
- Heavy Oil Recovery
- Opportunities for Sustainable Biofuel Production in the Caribbean

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Key Publications
Phaedra Jaggernuth-Ali, Ejae John, Puran Bridgemohan. “The application of calcined marlstones as a
catalyst in biodiesel production from high free fatty acid coconut oil” Fuel, 2015, 158, p372-378.
Ejae John and Kamel Singh. “Production and Properties of Fuels from Domestic and Industrial Waste”
Chapter 1 in The Biofuels Handbook (Part 3-Fuels from Waste Materials), edited by James Speight, RSC
Energy Series, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010.
Ejae John and Kamel Singh. “Production of Fuels from Domestic and Industrial Waste” Chapter 2 in The
Biofuels Handbook (Part 3-Fuels from Waste Materials), edited by James Speight, RSC Energy Series,
Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2010.
Ryan Hart, Pamela Pollet, Dominique J. Hahne, Ejae John, Veronic Llopis-Mestre, Vittoria Blasucci, Hillary
Huttenhower, Walter Leitner, Charles A. Eckert, Charles L. Liotta. “Benign coupling of reactions and
separations with reversible ionic liquids.” Tetrahedron, 2010, 66, p1082-1090.
Vittoria Blasucci, Cerag Dilek, Hillary Huttenhower, Ejae John, Veronica Llopis-Mestre, Pamela Pollet,
Charles A. Eckert, Charles L. Liotta. “One-component, switchable ionic liquids derived from siloxylated
amines.” Chemical Communications, 2009, 1, p116-118.
Lam Phan, Daniel Chiu, David J. Heldebrant, Hillary Huttenhower, Ejae John, Xiaowang Li, Pamela Pollet,
Ruiyao Wang, Charles A. Eckert, Charles L. Liotta, and Philip G. Jessop. “Switchable Solvents Consisting of
Amidine/Alcohol or Guanidine/Alcohol Mixtures.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2007
(ASAP article), 47, 3, p539-545.
Daniele Vinci, Megan Donaldson, Josh Grilly, Jason P. Hallett, Ejae A. John, Pamela Pollet, Colin Thomas,
Charles L. Liotta, Charles A. Eckert. Piperylene Sulfone: A “Labile” and Recyclable DMSO Substitute.”
Chemical Communications, 2007, p1427-1429.
E. John, Pamela Pollet, Leslie Gelbaum, Julia Kubanek “Regioselective Syntheses of 2,3,4-
Tribromopyrrole and 2,3,5-Tribromopyrrole” Journal of Natural Products, 2004 (ASAP article), 67, p1929-
1931.

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Timothy E. Long; Edward Turos; Monika I. Konaklieva; Allison L. Blum; Amal Amry; Ejae A. John; Lita S.
Suwandi; Melodie D. McCain; Miti F. Rahman; Sonja Dickey; Daniel V. Lim, “Effect of Aryl Ring
Fluorination on the Antibacterial Properties of C4 Aryl- Substituted N-Methylthio beta- Lactams”
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2003,11, p1859-1863.
Full c.v. and References available upon request