Biofuels Production

Kurt Bassett
South Dakota State University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
kurt.bassett@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Larry Berger
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Animal Sciences
llberger@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Interests: systems optimizing both food and fuel production from the same land/crop.

Kenneth Bickel
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Diesel Research
bicke006@umn.edu
Interests: biodiesel, testing biofuels in engines.

Hans Blaschek
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), Director, Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)
blascheck@uiuc.edu
Interests: genomics of bio-butanol producting Clostridium beijerinckii, bioprocessing.

Thomas Bobik
Iowa State University
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
bobik@iastate.edu
Interests: syngas fermentation and advanced biofuels.

Hans J. Bohnert
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Crop Sciences and Director of the W.M. Keck Center
bohnerth@life.uiuc.edu
Interests: genetics of reulatory pathways in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, correlation between lignin and cellulose biosyntheses.

Germán Bollero
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Crop Sciences
gbollero@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Interests: miscanthus and switchgrass as candidates for biofuels.

Daniel Bond
University of Minnesota
Biotechnology Institute
dbond@umn.edu
Interests: microbial fuel cells.

Bill Booker
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
wbooker2@unl.edu
Interests: biodiesel.

Robert C. Brown
Iowa State University
Director, Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies
Office of Biorenewable Programs
rcbrown@iastate.edu

Michael Casler
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Agronomy
casler@calshp.cals.wisc.edu
Interests: developing sweitchgrass varieties with high yield and energy content for biofuel production.

Munir Cheryan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Professor
mcheryan@uiuc.edu
Interests: bioprocessing, fermentation, corn refining, soybean and vegetable oil processing.

John Cronan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry
j-cronan@life.uiuc.edu
Interests: biosynthesis.

Otto Doering
Purdue University
Department of Ag Economics and Public Policy Specialist
doering @purdue.edu
Interests: biofuels and other renewable energy sources, assessing policy trade-offs for conventioanl fuels, electricity, and conservation, economic assessments of wind energy, utilizing biomass for electricity generation, adapting biomass to current conventional energy systems.

Patrick Dussault
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of Chemistry
pdussault1@unl.edu
Interests: modified plant composition for new catalysts for chemical processing for increased biofuel production.

William Gibbons
South Dakota State University
Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development Director
william_gibbons@sdstate.edu
Interests: ethanol fuel, development of microbially-based processing technology to produce food, fuels, chemicals and new biomaterials from biomass.

Susan Gibson
University of Minnesota
Department of Plant Biology
gibso043@umn.edu
Interests: plant breeding to increase energy crop yield.

Bikram Gill
Kansas State University
Department of Plant Pathology
bsg@k-state.edu
Interest: wheat as alternative fuel source.

Darrin Haagenson
North Dakota State University
Research Scientist, Ag & Biosystems Engineering
darrin.haagenson@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and analysis of biodiesel technolgy, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock.

Alan Hansen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
achansen@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Interests: biofuels combustion research, biodiesel.

David Jackson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Departmtne of Food Science and Technology
djackson1@unl.edu
Interests: integrated biorefinery systems.

Kenneth Keller
University of Minnesota
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
khkeller@umn.edu
Interests: carbon-neutral energy systems in the Upper Midwest.

David Kittelson
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Diesel Research
kitte001@umn.edu
Interests: biodiesel, testing biofuels in engines, plug-in hybrids.

Rick Koelsch
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Biological Systems Engineering
rkoelsch1@unl.edu
Interests: biogas systems.

Dimitrios Kyritsis
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
kyritsis@ad.uiuc.edu
Interests: biofuel related research with an emphasis on biofuel combustion and ethanol, butanol electrosprays.

Chia-Fon Lee
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
cflee@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Interests: biofuels combustion research.

Stephen Long
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Energy Bioscience Institute, Lead Investigator
Department of Crop Sciences
stevel@life.uiuc.edu
Interests: miscanthus and switchgrass as candidates for biofuels.

Alexandros Moutsoglou
South Dakota State University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
alexandros.moutsoglou@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Hossein Noureddini
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
hnoureddini1@unl.edu
Interests: biodiesel, glycerin.

John Nowatzki
North Dakota State University Extension, Agriculture Machine Systems
john.nowatzki@ndsu.edu
Interests: presents educational seminars on biofuels production and uses.

Martin R. Okos
Purdue University
Departmtne of Ag & Bio Engineering
okos@ecn.purdue.edu
Interests: production of ethanol from starch, molasses or cellulose.

Randy Pryor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
rpryor1@unl.edu
Interests: biodiesel.

Roger Ruan
University of Minnesota
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Center for Biorefining
ruanx001@umn.edu
Interests: biofuels from crop residues.

James F. Russell
Purdue University
jfrussell@purdue.edu
Interests: conversion of crop residues into ethanol and hydrogen.

Mark Schrock
Kansas State University
Department of Biological And Agricultural Engineering
Mschrock@ksu.edu
Interests: biomass, bioengineering, biofuels, sustainability, energy, environmental impacts, and diesel engine durability using biodiesel, tractor engine-transmission control systems.

Dennis Schulte
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
dschulte1@unl.edu

Edmund Seebauer
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deparment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
seebauer@scs.uiuc.edu
Interests: engineering devices for use with alternative fuels.

Vijay Singh
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
vsingh@express.cites.uiuc.edu
Interests: grain bioprocessing technologies for ethanol production, process design and economic analysis, recoverey of value-added co-products.

Rick Stowell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
rstowell2@unl.edu
Interests: biogas systems.

Paul Strykowski
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
pstry@umn.edu
Interests: biodiesel.

Steven Taff
University of Minnesota
Department of Applied Economics
sjtaff@umn.edu
Interests: carbon-neutral energy systems in the Upper Midwest.

Bernard Tao
Purdue University
Department of Ag and Bio Engineering
tao@purdue.edu
Interests: biodiesel, uses and applications to turbine jet aviation.

Kristi Tostenson
North Dakota State University
Research Scientist, Ag & Biosystems Engineering
kristi.tostenson@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and anaylsis of biodiesel technology, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock.

Mehmet Tulbek
North Dakota State University
Oilseed Quality Specialist, Northern Crops Institute
mehmet.tulbek@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation of biofuel co-products in food and feed products, screening crop varieties as feedstock for biodiesel industry.

Michael Twedt
South Dakota State University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
michael.twedt@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Marc von Keitz
University of Minnesota
Biotechnology Institute
vonkeitz@umn.edu
Interests: biotechnology research, ethanol production, industrial applications.

Lawrence Wackett
University of Minnesota
Biotechnology Institute
wacke003@umn.edu
Interests: producing biofuels from bacteria.

Dan Walters
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Departmtne of Agronomy & Horticulture
dwalters1@unl.edu
Interests: ethanol (energy balance).

Donghai Wang
Kansas State University
Departmtne of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
dwang@ksu.edu
Interests: bioconversion of agricultural materials and by-proudcts into biofuels, chemicals and other value-added products, and development of biodegradable materials from renewable recourse.

Lijun Wang
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Departmtne of Biological Systems Engineering
402-472-4574
Interests: gastification.

Donald Weeks
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Biochemistry
dweeks1@unl.edu
Interests: modified plant composition for new catalysts for chemical processing for increased biofueld production.

Curt Weller
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
cweller1@unl.edu
Interests: ethanol (integrated systems).

Dennis Wiesenborn
North Dakota State University
Department of Ag & Biosystems Engineering
d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and analysis of biodiesel technology, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock.

R. Mark Worden
Michigan State University
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
worden@egr.msu.edu
Interests: conduscts fermentations to produce biobased fuels, chemicals, and enzymes, use of enzymes in multiphase bioreactors to make biobased products or electricity.

Wenqiao Yuan
Kansas State University
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
wyuan@ksu.edu
Interests: issues and needs related to machniery and biological systems that produce, process, or utilize agricultural commodities and biologically based energy and value-added products. Current research includes: biofuels and biomaterials, diesel engine combustion and performance, algae photobioreactor and bioprocessing systems, hydrogen production and fuel cell.