**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE ECONOMY OF AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY CAN BE STRENGTHENED BY EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION OF AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS PRODUCTION, BIOCHEMICALS MANUFACTURING AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY UTILIZATION. THIS USDA-NIFA PROJECTIS AIMINGTO DESIGN AN INNOVATIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMFOR PARING ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION AND REDUCTION OF LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED WASTE CARBONS (FOR EXAMPLE, GLYCEROL AND CO2) AT THE ANODE AND CATHODE, FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF DESIRED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE AND MILD ELECTROLYTE. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A PRACTICAL PAIRED ELECTROLYTIC PLATFORM FOR UPGRADING AGRICULTURAL WASTE CARBONS TO VALUABLE CHEMICALS BASED ON EARTH-ABUNDANT CATALYSTS, AND EFFICIENT ELECTROCATALYTIC CONVERSION AND COST-EFFECTIVE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES. THE TWO PIS WILL WORK SEAMLESSLY ON FOUR TASKS: 1) DEVELOP EFFICIENT NON-PRECIOUS NICKEL-BASED NANOCATALYSTS FOR OXIDATION OF GLYCEROL AND FURFURAL; 2) INVESTIGATE ELECTROCATALYTIC REDUCTION OF GLYCEROL AND CO2 USING NON-NOBLE NANOSCALE CATALYSTS; 3) DESIGN NOVEL PAIRED ELECTROLYZERS WITH NOVEL SEPARATION METHODS; AND 4) STUDY TECHNOECONOMIC ANALYSIS (TEA) AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF THE PAIRED ELECTROLYZERS TOWARDS PRACTICAL PAIRED ELECTROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT WILL ACQUIRE DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTROCATALYTIC TRANSFORMATION OF ALCOHOL, ALDEHYDE GROUPS AND CO2, ADDRESS THE CRITICAL NEEDS FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGHER-VALUED CHEMICALS FROM WASTE BIOMASS AND CO2 AND FOR PROMOTING AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, AND HELP USDA/NIFA TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF IMPROVED PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND CAPABILITY OF BIO-BASED PRODUCTS AND ADVANCE AND EXPAND UTILIZATION OF WASTE AND BYPRODUCTS GENERATED IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.