Sai Krishna Mukkamala's areas of expertise include systems integration; objective analysis to inform decisions for the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office; program management, planning, and strategic execution; scale-up and process development; techno-economic analysis; bioenergy supply chain and market analysis; process design (front end engineering), process simulation, and optimization; catalyst development for biomass conversion to fuels and products; and fast pyrolysis and thermal conversion of biomass to fuels.

Evaluation and benchmarking of new renewable technologies

Process design and economic analysis

Process optimization, scale-up, and integration

Bioenergy supply chains and bioenergy feedstocks market dynamics

Fast pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading of bio derived intermediates

Production of fuels and chemicals from thermochemical, biochemical pathways

Bioproduct and fuel characterization