Corinne Scown

Senior Scientist | Bioenergy 🌱 & circular plastics ♻️ LCA/TEA | Mom of 2 | Opinions=own (she/her)

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Doing my best to connect energy researchers with opportunities today. I cannot promise super fast responses but feel free to fill this out: https://t.co/90sS8mHSYO (usually I send this to PhD students and postdocs, but opening it up more broadly given the circumstances)

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

We ♥️ our collaborators at https://t.co/39GpE5dGWz! Thank you to @schmidtsciences for supporting the partnership. The https://t.co/B6RbLEPcIF tool is now lightening fast and primed for impact 🙌 https://t.co/7VfafiTA9W

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Daughter, today at breakfast: "The only thing I know about Spongebob Squarepants is that he is a big piece of cheese"

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

A little 3.1 jolt to get us all in the mood for the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill later this morning!

[EMSC @LastQuake]

🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M3.1 occurred 12 mi NE of San Francisco (#California) 3 min ago (local time 09:23:45). More info at:
📱https://t.co/QMSpuj6Z2H
🌐https://t.co/VKNhE7atDE
🖥https://t.co/ak0h5zkQhA

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Thanks to @BerkeleyLab for the commitment to outreach. It is always one of my kids' favorite spots on the Solano Stroll. Educating the next generation of scientists 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬

[Energy & Biosciences Institute @EnergyBioscien1]

The Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) connects industry with world-class research at UC Berkeley, LBNL & UIUC. With 7,000+ faculty/postdocs & 100,000+ students, we help sponsors grow research portfolios through one contract, driving #impact in #energy & #sustainability.

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Loving seeing these collaborations between @jbei @CABBIbio and @GLBioenergy -- the BRCs are on a ROLL.

[CABBI @CABBIbio]

In a cross-country collaboration, researchers from CABBI, @GLBioenergy and @jbei developed industrially feasible techniques for second-generation #biofuel production from oilcane, a variety of sugarcane, to help meet the growing demand for fuels.

News ➡️ https://t.co/bQ01DUzsfQ

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Greetings from the Midwest

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

@JoeSagues Never might be too far but I can safely say that you will not get sick nearly as often 😁 Massive quality of life improvement.

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Going all in on the @jbei colors today

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Another @jbei publication hot off the presses! 7 herbaceous, 9 woody, 4 food processing residues, and 2 blends all decontructed using butylamine. We can hit $1.3 to 6.1/kg sugar now, process intensification needed to hit $0.45–0.79/kg. https://t.co/TnMXYsPzuA

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

So what does this mean? Well, you can engineer plants to increase the glucan to xylan ratio. You can select feedstocks with a more favorable ratio. And/or you can focus on hosts and other bioprocessing strategies to enable full consumption of both sugars in less time.

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Using lignocellulosic biomass for biomanufacturing has long been the dream. Low-input grasses, ag residues, you name it. One challenge remains: microbes consume xylose more slowly than glucose. Our @jbei team digs into what this means in our new paper https://t.co/yrOVHFlqWy

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

How much xylan vs. glucan is in your original feedstock REALLY matters. Capital-constrained biorefineries operating with shorter residence times can justify paying up to 1.5X to 2X the price for feedstocks with very high glucan to xylan ratios.

[Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @Jeffinerca]

If you're submitting an #AGU2025 abstract on #enhancedrockweathering biogeochemistry, microbiology, hydrology, modeling, MRV, public policy or social science, consider session B037, Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal & Improved Soil and Agronomic Properties -due 7/30!

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

Mike has been a really wonderful leader. Supportive, curious, and a true believer in the important mission of the national labs. I feel so lucky to have spent so much of my career at LBNL with him at the helm.

[Berkeley Lab @BerkeleyLab]

Lab Director Mike Witherell will retire in June 2026. Witherell has led the Lab through a historic period of scientific achievement and recognized operational excellence, with a deep commitment to developing the next generation of scientists.

More ⬇️
https://t.co/1OINYbGus7

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

@ScottMoura Putting my accounting nerd hat on...using primary energy is likely to be confusing to people because that's energy INTO a generator, not energy out. This likely treats VRE as 100% efficient (so less "primary energy" in) while including the full heating value of fuels combusted.

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

In light of news that they might get their budget cut, I just want to share how absolutely amazing the CSB’s investigations and videos for the public are. I used them for teaching. It always made me proud that our government supports stuff like this: https://t.co/RjEjpuBa8g

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

The potential for cost-competitive lithium extraction from clay relative to brines and hard rock ores: https://t.co/LzkgOZZjO9

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

We have a team of rising stars at @BerkeleyLab @BerkeleyLabETA who are doing incredible work in critical materials & supply chain research. Keep an eye out for more from this team. Here are just a few recent papers (including preprints):

[Corinne Scown @cdscown]

U.S. battery material supply chains and recycling costs: https://t.co/SFJrqGnTTL