Ron C. Runnebaum

B.S.:  1996 Chemical Engineering – University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

M.S.: 2007 Viticulture & Enology – University of California – Davis, California, USA

 

 

Contact Info:

Bruce C. Gates Catalysis Research Group

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis

E-Mail: rcrunnebaum at ucdavis.edu                              

Office Phone: (530) 752-1732

    Ph.D. Thesis:  “Conversion of Biomass-based Oils to Biofuels” - Bruce C. Gates Catalysis Research Group

 

    Publications:

• R. Runnebaum and E.J. Maginn, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Alkanes in the Zeolite Silicalite: Evidence for Resonant Diffusion Effects,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 1997, 101, 6394-6408.

 

Oral Presentations:

• Runnebaum, R. C.; Boulton, R. B.; Heymann, H. “Key Constituents Affecting Wine Body: An Exploratory Study in White Table Wines,” The 2007 Annual American Society for Enology and Viticulture Meeting.

 

    Invited Oral Presentations:

• Runnebaum, R. C.; Boulton, R. B.; Heymann, H. “Key Constituents Affecting Wine Body: An Exploratory Study in White Table Wines,”

2007 Beam Wine Estates Technical Winemaking Conference.

 

Work Experience:

• THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.   Cincinnati, OH

Products Research Senior Engineer        February 1999 – August 2004     

Products Research Engineer          June 1997 – January 1999 

Process Development Engineer      June 1997 – December 1997     

Packaging Development Engineer          May 1996 – March 1998

 

• DOMAINE JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER   Chambolle-Musigny, Côte-d’Or, France           

Cellar Worker    August-November 2006

 

• HANZELL VINEYARDS   Sonoma, CA

            Cellar Worker    August-September 2005

 

• ACACIA WINERY   Napa, CA

            Cellar Worker    September 2003

 

• AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS   Allentown, PA

Process Technology Intern        Summer 1995