Facilities

Chemical Laboratories

Marshall, Minnesota

Overview

The primary role of the Chemistry Laboratory is to generate high-quality analytical and compositional data and to investigate chemical transformations of agricultural and derived feedstocks, enabling the development of value-added products.

The lab can handle a wide range of material types, including foods and food ingredients, meats, coproducts, biobased chemicals, biomass materials, and renewable fuels

The facility comprises two complementary laboratories:

Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

Focused on characterization and discovery work, this lab houses state-of-the-art analytical facilities.

Preparatory and Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory

This laboratory is used to perform wet chemistry syntheses and small-scale process development.

These two labs enable AURI to execute a wide range of practical analysis and activities across food, feed, fertilizers, biomass, and process development work, such as:

Food, feed, and ingredient characterization
Biomass, coproduct, and fuel characterization and evaluation
Fermentation, anaerobic digestion, feedstock characterization, and process monitoring
Extraction, identification, and characterization of plant compounds and specialty ingredients, including cannabinoids, vitamins, flavonoids, glucosinolates, related bioactives, and more
Quality, safety, and regulatory support

Taken together, these activities allow the labs to move beyond simple point measurements and provide integrated analytical services for screening new concepts, derisking scale-up, meeting regulatory and labeling requirements, and improving the performance and value of agricultural and biomass-based products.

Our Team

AURI’s chemists are available to provide consulting and technical services in the areas of product and process development, product evaluation and testing, sourcing materials, equipment and services

Michael Stutelberg Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, Chemistry

(218) 281-7600 x135 Email