Rebecca Trojanowski

Affiliation

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Track

Biography

Rebecca’s expertise is in advancing building energy systems, reducing fossil fuel dependence, and providing technical solutions to reduce combustion related emissions. Rebecca has over 10 years of experience in biofuel and biomass related research. In her career as a researcher, she has led $5.8M and collaborated on over $6.5M of funded research, development, and deployment efforts, resulting in authoring 27 archival publications— including 17 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her related research projects include: the evaluation and characterization of liquid fuel alternatives for stationary applications and compatibility studies with legacy equipment; thermochemical conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals through pyrolysis and gasification (with the use of commercial and nano-catalysts to upgrade bio-oils); the impact of control strategies, fuel source, and catalysts to mitigate emissions and increase efficiency from biomass-fired appliances (field and lab studies); and operating a wide variety of aerosol and gas analyzers for detailed emission characterization of biomass heaters under various load profiles. She has also served as a reviewer for multiple journals and proposals. She is an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) and a committee member on the Bioenergy Advisory Group for the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). She holds additional expertise in air source heat pumps, biomass combustion applications, and currently serves as a lead mentor for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) research facility overseeing the carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particle soot absorption photometer (PSAP) instruments in the five aerosol observing systems and aboard the aerial aircraft. Lastly, she was internationally recognized for her contributions in sustainable energy research when receiving ‘Best Young Biomass Researcher’ in 2017.