Corinne Scown

Corinne Scown

Deputy for Research: Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division
Energy/Environmental Policy Staff Scientist/Engineer
(510) 486-4507
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Bio

I am interested in better understanding the interaction between complex, interdependent infrastructure systems and the environment, particularly in the realm of energy and water. Ongoing projects include life-cycle modeling of cellulosic ethanol production scale-up in the United States, framework development for sustainable co-management of water and energy, and uncertainty quantification in life-cycle assessment of emerging technologies.

Awards

Spot: Team Workforce Development
August 18th 2021
Biofuels Achievement Award
September 10th 2018
Spot: Leticia Ericson, Corinne Scown and Anna Spurlock
July 28th 2017
2015 Director's Awards for Exceptional Achievement: Early Scientific Career
November 17th 2015
Carnegie Mellon University Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni Award
September 03rd 2014

Publications

2021

Fertilizer demand and potential supply through nutrient recovery from organic waste digestate in California

Authors: Orner, Kevin D.; Sarah Josephine Smith; Hanna Breunig; Corinne D. Scown, and Kara L. Nelson.
11/2021

Leveling the cost and carbon footprint of circular polymers that are chemically recycled to monomer

Authors: Vora, Nemi; Peter R. Christensen; Jérémy Demarteau; Nawa Raj Baral; Jay D. Keasling; Brett A. Helms, and Corinne D. Scown.
09/2021

Life‐Cycle Assessment Considerations for Batteries and Battery Materials

Authors: Porzio, Jason, and Corinne D. Scown.
07/2022

Energy consumption and charging load profiles from long-haul truck electrification in the United States

Authors: Tong, Fan; Derek Wolfson; Alan T. Jenn; Corinne D. Scown, and Maximilian Auffhammer.
07/2021

Near-complete depolymerization of polyesters with nano-dispersed enzymes

Authors: DelRe, Christopher; Yufeng Jiang; Philjun Kang; Junpyo Kwon; Aaron Hall; Ivan Jayapurna; Zhiyuan Ruan; Le Ma; Kyle Zolkin; Tim Li; Corinne D. Scown; R.O. Ritchie; Thomas P. Russell, and Ting Xu.
07/2021

The implications of facility design and enabling policies on the economics of dry anaerobic digestion

Authors: Smith, Sarah Josephine; Andrew Satchwell; Thomas W. Kirchstetter, and Corinne D. Scown.
06/2021

Identifying Forage Sorghum Ideotypes for Advanced Biorefineries

Authors: Yang, Minliang; Jeff Dahlberg; Nawa Raj Baral; Daniel Putnam, and Corinne D. Scown.
06/2021

Health and Climate Impacts from Long-Haul Truck Electrification

Authors: Tong, Fan; Alan T. Jenn; Derek Wolfson; Corinne D. Scown, and Maximilian Auffhammer.
06/2021

Performance-Based Payments for Soil Carbon Sequestration Can Enable a Low-Carbon BioeconomyPerformance-Based Payments for Soil Carbon Sequestration Can Enable a Low-Carbon Bioeconomy

Authors: Mishra, Shruti K.; Sagar Gautam; Umakant Mishra, and Corinne D. Scown.
03/2021

High-Efficiency Conversion of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Woody Biomass to Ethanol at the Pilot ScaleHigh-Efficiency Conversion of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Woody Biomass to Ethanol at the Pilot Scale

Authors: Barcelos, Carolina A.; Asun M. Oka; Jipeng Yan; Lalitendu Das; Ezinne C. Achinivu; Harsha Magurudeniya; Jie Dong; Simay Akdemir; Nawa Raj Baral; Chunsheng Yan; Corinne D. Scown; Deepti Tanjore; Ning Sun; Blake A. Simmons; John M. Gladden, and Eric R. Sundstrom.
03/2021

Technoeconomic analysis for biofuels and bioproducts

Authors: Scown, Corinne D.; Nawa Raj Baral; Minliang Yang; Nemi Vora, and Tyler Huntington.
02/2021

Use of ensiled biomass sorghum increases ionic liquid pretreatment efficiency and reduces biofuel production cost and carbon footprint

Authors: Magurudeniya, Harsha; Nawa Raj Baral; Alberto Rodriguez; Corinne D. Scown; Jeff Dahlberg; Daniel Putnam; Anthe George; Blake A. Simmons, and John M. Gladden.
02/2021

The Co-Optimization of Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Cost, Emissions, and Performance

Authors: Feldhausen, John J.; David C. Bell; Shane T. Kosir; Joshua S. Heyne; Corinne D. Scown; Vi H. Rapp, and Ana Comesana.
01/2021

2020

Air Pollutant Emission Rates for Dry Anaerobic Digestion and Composting of Organic Municipal Solid Waste

Authors: Preble, Chelsea V.; Sharon S. Chen; Toshifumi Hotchi; Michael D. Sohn; Randy L. Maddalena; Marion L. Russell; Nancy J. Brown; Corinne D. Scown, and Thomas W. Kirchstetter.
11/2020

Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas and Upgrading Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries

Authors: Yang, Minliang; Nawa Raj Baral; Aikaterini Anastasopoulou; Hanna Breunig, and Corinne D. Scown.
10/2020

Supply Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Dry and Ensiled Biomass Sorghum for Biofuel Production

Authors: Baral, Nawa Raj; Jeff Dahlberg; Daniel Putnam; Jenny C. Mortimer, and Corinne D. Scown.
09/2020

Sorghum biomass production in the continental United States and its potential impacts on soil organic carbon and nitrous oxide emissions

Authors: Gautam, Sagar; Umakant Mishra; Corinne D. Scown, and Yao Zhang.
08/2020

Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management StrategiesLife-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management Strategies

Authors: Nordahl, Sarah L.; Jay P. Devkota; Jahon Amirebrahimi; Sarah Josephine Smith; Hanna Breunig; Chelsea V. Preble; Andrew Satchwell; Ling Jin; Nancy J. Brown; Thomas W. Kirchstetter, and Corinne D. Scown.
07/2020

Accumulation of high-value bioproducts in planta can improve the economics of advanced biofuels

Authors: Yang, Minliang; Nawa Raj Baral; Blake A. Simmons; Jenny C. Mortimer; Patrick M. Shih, and Corinne D. Scown.
04/2020

Machine learning to predict biomass sorghum yields under future climate scenarios

Authors: Huntington, Tyler; Xinguang Cui; Umakant Mishra, and Corinne D. Scown.
02/2020

Smelly-Odor Webtool (Smelly) v1

Authors: Jin, Ling; Corinne D. Scown; Tin Ho; Tyler Huntington, and Wei Zhou.
01/2020

2019

Role of Digestate and Biochar in Carbon-Negative Bioenergy

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Jahon Amirebrahimi; Sarah Josephine Smith, and Corinne D. Scown.
10/2019

Greenhouse Gas Footprint, Water-Intensity, and Production Cost of Bio-Based Isopentenol as a Renewable Transportation Fuel

Authors: Baral, Nawa Raj; Olga Kavvada; Daniel Mendez Perez; Aindrila Mukhopadhyay; Taek Soon Lee; Blake A. Simmons, and Corinne D. Scown.
08/2019

Greenhouse Gas Footprint, Water-Intensity, and Production Cost of Bio-Based Isopentenol as a Renewable Transportation Fuel

Authors: Baral, Nawa Raj; Olga Kavvada; Daniel Mendez Perez; Aindrila Mukhopadhyay; Taek Soon Lee; Blake A. Simmons, and Corinne D. Scown.
04/2020

Approaches for More Efficient Biological Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels and Bioproducts

Authors: Baral, Nawa Raj; Eric R. Sundstrom; Lalitendu Das; John M. Gladden; Aymerick Eudes; Jenny C. Mortimer; Steven W. Singer; Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, and Corinne D. Scown.
04/2019

Techno‐economic and greenhouse gas analyses of lignin valorization to eugenol and phenolic products in integrated ethanol biorefineries

Authors: Martinez‐Hernandez, Elias; Xinguang Cui; Corinne D. Scown; Myriam A. Amezcua‐Allieri; Jorge Aburto, and Blake A. Simmons.
03/2019

Techno-economic analysis and life-cycle greenhouse gas mitigation cost of five routes to bio-jet fuel blendstocks

Authors: Baral, Nawa Raj; Olga Kavvada; Daniel Mendez-Perez; Aindrila Mukhopadhyay; Taek Soon Lee; Blake A. Simmons, and Corinne D. Scown.
02/2019

2018

Accelerating the Deployment of Anaerobic Digestion to Meet Zero Waste Goals

Authors: Satchwell, Andrew; Corinne D. Scown; Sarah Josephine Smith; Jahon Amirebrahimi; Ling Jin; Thomas W. Kirchstetter; Nancy J. Brown, and Chelsea V. Preble.
11/2018

Hybrid Biological–Chemical Approach Offers Flexibility and Reduces the Carbon Footprint of Biobased Plastics, Rubbers, and Fuels

Authors: Wu, Lipeng; Amit A. Gokhale; Konstantinos Goulas; John E. Myers; F. Dean Toste, and Corinne D. Scown.
10/2018

Strategies for near-term scale-up of cellulosic biofuel production using sorghum and crop residues in the U.S.

Authors: Cui, Xinguang; Olga Kavvada; Tyler Huntington, and Corinne D. Scown.
10/2018

Drop-in biofuels offer strategies for meeting California’s 2030 climate mandate

Authors: Taptich, Michael; Corinne D. Scown; Kate Piscopo, and Arpad Horvath.
08/2018

Dynamic Geospatial Modeling of the Building Stock To Project Urban Energy Demand

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Tyler Huntington; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
06/2018

Temporal and geographic drivers of biomass residues in California

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Tyler Huntington; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2018

2017

Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas and Water Intensity of Cellulosic Biofuel Production Using Cholinium Lysinate Ionic Liquid Pretreatment

Authors: Neupane, Binod; N. V. S. N. Murthy Konda; Seema Singh; Blake A. Simmons, and Corinne D. Scown.
09/2017

Bioenergy Potential from Food Waste in California

Authors: Breunig, Hanna; Ling Jin; Alastair Robinson, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2017

2016

From Sugars to Wheels: The Conversion of Ethanol to 1,3-Butadiene over Metal-Promoted Magnesia-Silicate Catalysts

Authors: Shylesh, Sankaranarayanapillai; Amit A. Gokhale; Corinne D. Scown; Daeyoup Kim; Christopher R. Ho, and Alexis T. Bell.
05/2016

Switchable ionic liquids based on di-carboxylic acids for one-pot conversion of biomass to an advanced biofuel

Authors: Liszka, Michael J.; Aram Kang; NVSN M. Konda; Kim Tran; John M. Gladden; Seema Singh; Jay D. Keasling; Corinne D. Scown; Taek Soon Lee; Blake A. Simmons, and Kenneth L. Sale.
04/2016

Spatially-explicit water balance implications of carbon capture and sequestration

Authors: Sathre, Roger; Hanna Breunig; Jeffery B. Greenblatt; Peter H. Larsen; Eric R. Masanet; Thomas E. McKone; Nigel Quinn, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2016

Transforming biomass conversion with ionic liquids: process intensification and the development of a high-gravity, one-pot process for the production of cellulosic ethanol

Authors: Xu, Feng; Jianfeng Sun; NVSN M. Konda; Jian Shi; Tanmoy Dutta; Corinne D. Scown, and Seema Singh.

CO2 enabled process integration for the production of cellulosic ethanol using bionic liquids

Authors: Sun, Jian; NVSN M. Konda; Jian Shi; Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi; Tanmoy Dutta; Feng Xu; Corinne D. Scown; Blake A. Simmons, and Seema Singh.

2015

Challenge clusters facing LCA in environmental decision-making—what we can learn from biofuels

Authors: McManus, Marcell C.; Caroline M. Taylor; Alison Mohr; Carly Whittaker; Corinne D. Scown; Aiduan Li Borrion; Neryssa J. Glithero, and Yao Yin.
10/2015

Energy and climate effects of second-life use of electric vehicle batteries in California through 2050

Authors: Sathre, Roger; Corinne D. Scown; Olga Kavvada, and Thomas P. Hendrickson.
08/2015

Upgrading Lignocellulosic Products to Drop-In Biofuels via Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling and Hydrodeoxygenation Sequence

Authors: Sreekumar, Sanil; Madhesan Balakrishnan; Konstantinos Goulas; Gorkam Gunbas; Amit A. Gokhale; Lin Louie; Adam Grippo; Corinne D. Scown; Alexis T. Bell, and F. Dean Toste.
08/2015

Novel pathways for fuels and lubricants from biomass optimized using life-cycle greenhouse gas assessment

Authors: Balakrishnan, Madhesan; Eric R. Sacia; Sanil Sreekumar; Gorkam Gunbas; Amit A. Gokhale; Corinne D. Scown; F. Dean Toste, and Alexis T. Bell.
04/2015

Life-cycle implications and supply chain logistics of electric vehicle battery recycling in California

Authors: Hendrickson, Thomas P.; Olga Kavvada; Nihar Shah; Roger Sathre, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2015

2014

Role of Lignin in Reducing Life-Cycle Carbon Emissions, Water Use, and Cost for United States Cellulosic Biofuels

Authors: Scown, Corinne D.; Amit A. Gokhale; Paul A. Willems; Arpad Horvath, and Thomas E. McKone.
08/2014

Life-cycle net energy assessment of large-scale hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting

Authors: Sathre, Roger; Corinne D. Scown; William R. Morrow III; John C. Stevens; Ian D. Sharp; Joel W. Ager III; Karl Walczak; Frances A. Houle, and Jeffery B. Greenblatt.
06/2014

2013

Achieving Deep Cuts in the Carbon Intensity of U.S. Automobile Transportation by 2050: Complementary Roles for Electricity and Biofuels

Authors: Scown, Corinne D.; Michael Taptich; Arpad Horvath; Thomas E. McKone, and William W. Nazaroff.
08/2013

2012

Lifecycle greenhouse gas implications of US national scenarios for cellulosic ethanol production

Authors: Scown, Corinne D.; William W. Nazaroff; Umakant Mishra; Bret Strogen; Agnes B. Lobscheid; Eric R. Masanet; Nicholas J Santero; Arpad Horvath, and Thomas E. McKone.
01/2012

Spatially-explicit impacts of carbon capture and sequestration on water supply and demand

Authors: Sathre, Roger; Hanna Breunig; Peter H. Larsen; Eric R. Masanet; Thomas E. McKone; Nigel Quinn, and Corinne D. Scown.
01/2012

2011

Water Footprint of U.S. Transportation Fuels

Authors: Scown, Corinne D.; Arpad Horvath, and Thomas E. McKone.
04/2011

Grand Challenges for Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels

Authors: McKone, Thomas E.; William W. Nazaroff; Peter Berck; Maximilian Auffhammer; Timothy E. Lipman; Margaret S. Torn; Eric R. Masanet; Agnes B. Lobscheid; Nicholas J Santero; Umakant Mishra; Audrey Barrett; Matt Bomberg; Kevin Fingerman; Corinne D. Scown; Bret Strogen, and Arpad Horvath.
03/2011

2009

Managing Critical Infrastructure Interdependence through Economic Input-Output Methods

Authors: Chen, Ping; Corinne D. Scown; H. Scott Matthews; James H. Garrett, and Chris Hendrickson.
09/2009

Data Management for Geospatial Vulnerability Assessment of Interdependencies in U.S. Power Generation

Authors: Shih, Chung Yan; Corinne D. Scown; Lucio Soibelman; H. Scott Matthews; James H. Garrett; Keith Dodrill, and Sandra McSurdy.
09/2009

Feasibility of Achieving a Zero-Net-Energy, Zero-Net-Cost Homes

Authors: Al-Beaini, Sara; Sam Borgeson; Brian E. Coffey; David Gregory; Kyle S. Konis; Corinne D. Scown; Jelena Simjanovic; John Stanley; Bret Strogen, and Iain S. Walker.