Matthew N. Pearlson

Education

  • SM in Technology & Policy, MIT, 2011 (Advisor: Dr. James Hileman)
  • BSc., Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007

Fields:  Alternative Fuels, Energy & Environmental Policy

Lab Role: Research Specialist

Email: pearlson@mit.edu

My research is focused on the technical and economics of alternative transportation fuel production. The work quantifies life cycle greenhouse gas intensity, consumptive water intensity and production costs of various alternative and renewable fuels.


Selected Relevant Publications

Pearlson, M., Wollersheim, C., & Hileman, J. (2013). A techno‐economic review of hydroprocessed renewable esters and fatty acids for jet fuel production.Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 7(1), 89-96.

Barrett S.R.H., Yim S.H.L., Gilmore C.K., Murray L.T., Tai A.P.K., Kuhn S.R., Jacob D.J., Yantosca R.M., Byun D., Ngan F., Li X.S., Ashok A., Koo J., Levy J., Dessens O., Balasubramanian S., Fleming G.G., Wollersheim C., Malina R., Pearlson M.N., Stratton R.W., Arunachalam S., Binkowski F.S., Hileman J.I. and Waitz I.A. (2012). Public Health, Climate and Economic Impacts of Desulfurizing Aviation Fuel, Environ. Sci. Technol., 46(8) 4291-4296.

“Environmental Performance of Algal Biofuel Technology Options”, Vasudevan, V., Stratton, R.W., Pearlson; M.N., Jersey, G.R., Beyene, A., Weissman, J.C., Rubino, M., Hileman, J.I. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (4), pp. 2451-2459 (2012).

“A Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Hydroprocessed Renewable Distillate Fuels.” Pearlson, M.N.  SM thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. 6 May 2011.

 

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