Gordon Selling
Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Peoria, USA
Biography
Dr. Gordon Selling is a Lead Scientist working for the United States Dept. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service in Peoria, IL since 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign in 1988. In his current work he performs research on developing new higher value products using corn/soy/pennycress/cotton protein and corn starch. His research focus is on electrospinning chemically modified proteins, chemically modifying proteins using reactive extrusion and producing starch graft co-polymers. Prior to working in Peoria, he worked for E.I. DuPont for 15 years. At DuPont he worked in their spandex fiber business. He worked on developing new polymers and additives that produced higher value fibers.
Abstract
Abstract : Extrusion processing of zein to provide higher value with improved processability