Professor William Doherty
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Biomass, Biopolymers, Clarification, Crystallisation, Extraction technologies, Flocculation, Fouling, Ionic Liquids, Polymer synthesis, Sugar
Research field
Chemical engineering, Macromolecular and materials chemistry, Physical chemistry
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of East London)
Teaching
Publications
- Al-Hamzah, A., East, C., Doherty, W. & Fellows, C. (2014). Inhibition of homogenous formation of calcium carbonate by poly (acrylic acid): The effect of molar mass and end-group functionality. Desalination, 338, 93–105. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67913
- Gilfillan, B., Moghaddam, L. & Doherty, W. (2014). Preparation and characterization of composites from starch with sugarcane bagasse nanofibres. Cellulose, 21(4), 2695–2712. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/71064
- Harrison, M., Zhang, Z., Shand, K., O'Hara, I., Doherty, W. & Dale, J. (2013). Effect of pretreatment on saccharification of sugarcane bagasse by complex and simple enzyme mixtures. Bioresource Technology, 148, 105–113. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62529
- Zhang, Z., Wong, H., Albertson, P., Doherty, W. & O'Hara, I. (2013). Laboratory and pilot scale pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by acidified aqueous glycerol solutions. Bioresource Technology, 138, 14–21. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/58821
- Zhang, Z., O'Hara, I., Rackemann, D. & Doherty, W. (2013). Low temperature pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse at atmospheric pressure using mixtures of ethylene carbonate and ethylene glycol. Green Chemistry, 15(1), 255–264. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63065
- Mousavioun, P., George, G. & Doherty, W. (2012). Environmental degradation of lignin/poly(hydroxybutyrate) blends. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 97(7), 1114–1122. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50950
- Thai, C., Bakir, H. & Doherty, W. (2012). Insights to the clarification of sugar cane juice expressed from sugar cane stalk and trash. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60(11), 2916–2923. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50398
- Karatzos, S., Edye, L. & Doherty, W. (2012). Sugarcane bagasse pretreatment using three imidazolium-based ionic liquids; Mass balances and enzyme kinetics. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 5, 1–12. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77311
- Doherty, W., (2011). Improved sugar cane juice clarification by understanding calcium Oxide-phosphate-sucrose systems. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 59(5), 1829–1836. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/50399
- Tan, S., MacFarlane, D., Upfal, J., Edye, L., Doherty, W., Patti, A., Pringle, J. & Scott, J. (2009). Extraction of lignin from lignocellulose at atmospheric pressure using alkylbenzenesulfonate ionic liquid. Green Chemistry, 11, 339–345. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/43229
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Awards
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Chairman's award for the best CRC Sugar Industry Innovation through biotechnology Patent
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2002
- Details
- Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, Department Molecular Science James Cook University.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Developing Starch-Based Polymer Composites (2015)
- Conversion of Sugar Cane Lignin into Aromatic Products and Fractionation of Products for Industrial Use (2014)
- Production of Levulinic Acid and Other Chemicals from Sugarcane Fibre (2014)
- Studies on the Clarification of Juice from Whole Sugar Cane Crop (2013)
- The Effect of Juice Composition on the Scaling Rate and Scale Composition in Sugar Mill Evaporators (2013)
- A Study of ionic Liquids for Dissolution of Sugarcane Bagasse (2011)
- Ionic Liquid Pretreatment and Fractionation of Sugarcane Bagasse for the Production of Bioethanol (2011)
- Properties of Lignin and Poly(hydroxybutyrate) Blends (2011)
- A study of the permeability and compressibility properties of Australian bagasse pulp (2009)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.