Michigan State University

Soji Adelaja
John Hannah Distinguished Department of Land Policy; Director, Land Policy Program
adelaja@msu.edu
Other interests: business development and commercialization.

Evangelyn C. Alocilja
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
alocilja@msu.edu
Interests: development of biosensors that could be used to monitor quickly the efficiency of bio-energy production.

Gregory L. Baker
Department of Chemistry
bakerg@msu.edu

Ronald Bates
Department of Animal Science
batesr@msu.edu

Sandra S. Batie
Department of Agricultural Economics
batie@msu.edu

Wolfgang Bauer
Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy
bauer@pa.msu.edu

Kris Arvid Berglund
Department of Forestry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
berglund@msu.edu

Thomas R. Bieler
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
bieler@egr.msu.edu

Johanes Brink
The Institute of International Agriculture
brinkj@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Robert Cukier
Department of Chemistry
cukier@cem.msu.edu

Bruce E. Dale
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
bdale@egr.msu.edu
Interests: pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials for biofuel production; integration of biofuel production and animal feed production; life cycle analysis to increase the sustainability of biofuels and biobased chemicals.

Laura B. DeLind
Senior Specialist of Anthropology
delind@msu.edu
Interests: Systems Integration and Rural Revitalization.

Thomas Dietz
Department of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences; Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program
tdietz@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Kirk Dolan
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
dolank@msu.edu
Interests: analyze food processing facilities' waste flows for anaerobic digestion systems.

Lawrence T. Drzal
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Director, Composite Materials and Structures Center
drzal@egr.msu.edu
Interests: biocomposites.

Rodney Thomas Fernandez
Department of Horticulture
fernan15@msu.edu

John F. Foss
Department of Mechanical Engineering
foss@egr.msu.edu

John Frost
Department of Chemistry; Director, Center for Plant Products and Technologies
frostj@msu.edu
Other interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Stuart H. Gage
Department of Entomology
gages@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

James Geiger
Department of Chemistry
geiger@cem.msu.edu

Ruby Ghosh
Research Department of Physics
ghosh@pa.msu.edu

Dave Glenn
Pesque Isle County Extension Director
glenn@msu.edu; daveglenn57@yahoo.com
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Charles Gould
Extension Educator
gouldm@msu.edu
Interests: anaerobic digestion, biogas systems.

Katherine "Kay" Gross
Department of Plant Biology; Director, Kellogg Biological Station
kgross@kbs.msu.edu
Iinterests: systems integration and rural revitalization, plant genetics and crop development.

Lynn Hamilton
Wind Project Coordinator
hamil234@msu.edu
Interests: wind energy.

Steve Hamilton
Lead Principal Investigator, Sustainability, UW/MSU Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Department of Zoology
hamilton@kbs.msu.edu
Interests: ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, leading the investigation of biogeochemical implications of biofuel crops ranging from corn to switchgrass to trees, soil hydrology, greenhouse gas fluxes, carbon stocks, and nitrogen leaching to the groundwater.

Michael W. Hamm
C.S. Mott Department of Sustainable Agriculture
mhamm@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Tim Harrigan
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
harriga1@msu.edu

Craig Harris
Department of Sociology
harrisc@msu.edu
Interests: residential energy conservation.

Steve Harsh
Department of Agricultural Economics
harsh@msu.edu
Interests: alternative biofuels, new crops.

Farhad Jaberi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
jaberi@egr.msu.edu

James E. "Ned" Jackson
Department of Chemistry
jackson@chemistry.msu.edu

Donatien Pascal Kamdem
Department of Forestry
kamdem@msu.edu
Other interests: plant genetics and crop development

John Kerr
Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
jkerr@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Department of Mechanical Engineering
koochesf@egr.msu.edu

Alexandra "Sasha" Kravchenko
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
kravche1@msu.edu
Interests: assessment of spatial variability of soil carbon across landscape, and modeling soil carbon variability using deterministic and stochasic approaches.

Allen Krizek
Extension Educator
krizek@msu.edu
Interests: carbon sequestration with Michigan Department of Agriculture.

Rex L. LaMore
Outreach Specialist, Urban Planning/Community and Economic Development
lamore@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Terry Link
Director of Campus Sustainability
link@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Carl Lira
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
lira@egr.msu.edu
Interests: property measurement and prediction for bio-derived chemicals, biodiesel processing.

Jianguo "Jack" Liu
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; Director, Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
jliu@panda.msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

John R. Lloyd
Department of Mechanical Engineering
lloyd@egr.msu.edu

Ted Loudon
Department Emeritus of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
loudon@msu.edu

Carolyn Malmstrom
Department of Plant Biology
malmstr1@msu.edu
Other interests: plant genetics and crop development.

Laurent Matuana
Department of Forestry
matuana@msu.edu
Interests: biodegradeable polymers and composites.

Kelly Millenbah
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; Associate Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program
millenba@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Dennis Miller
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
millerd@egr.msu.edu
Interests: chemicals from renewable feedstocks.

Doo-Hon Min
Forage Crops Specialist

Manjuari Misra
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
misraman@egr.msu.edu

Amar Mohanty
Department of Packaging
mohantya@msu.edu
Interests: green composites and biocomposites, biodegradeable polymers, soy-based bioplastics, cellulose ester based bioplastics, biobased polyesters/epoxies/polyurethanes.

Vicki Morrone
Outreach Specialist, Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
sorrone@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization

Muralee Nair
Department of Horticulture
nairm@msu.edu
Other interest: plant genetics and crop development.

Ramani Narayan
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
narayan@msu.edu
Interests: biodegradeable plastics, biodegradation and composting studies.

Mathieu Ngouajio
Department of Horticulture
ngouajio@msu.edu

James Oehmke
Department of Agricultural Economics
oehmke@msu.edu
Interests: business development and commercialization, biotechnology interest group.

Dennis Pennington
Extension Educator
pennin34@msu.edu
Interests: feeding DDGS to livestock, corn varieties for ethanol production.

Wendy Powers
Department of Animal Science
wpowers@msu.edu
Interests: ethanol by-products in beef.

Farhang Pourboghrat
Department of Mechanical Engineering
pourbogh@egr.msu.edu

Gemma Reguera
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
reguera@msu.edu
Interests: understanding molecular basis of microbial processes and interactions within environmental biofilm to genetically engineer laboratory systems for generation of novel and more efficient forms of bioenergy such as bioethanol, biohydrogen, electricity.

Dale Rozeboom
Department of Animal Science
rozeboom@msu.edu
Interests: by-products (swine).

Steve Safferman
Department of Biosystems Engineering
safferma@msu.edu
Interests: wastewater to energy via anaerobic digestion systems. 

Warren Schauer
Extension Educator
schauer@msu.edu
Interests: alternative biofuels.

Harry K. Schwarzweller
Department of Sociology
schwarzw@msu.edu
Other interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Susan Selke
Department of Packaging
sselke@msu.edu
Interests: biomaterials.

Marya Sosulski
Department of Social Work
sosulski@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Ajit Srivastava
Department and Chairperson, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
srivasta@msu.edu
Interests: design of a furnace which burn pellets made of a mixture of saw dust and turkey litter; and the heat will be utilized to heat greenhouses.

Scott M. Swinton
Department of Agricultural Economics
swintons@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

James Tiedje
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Crop and Soil Sciences; Director, Center for Microbial Ecology
tiedjej@msu.edu
Other interests: plant genetics and crop development.

Kurt Thelen
Department of Crops and Soil Sciences
thelenk@msu.edu
Interests: conducting bioenergy and carbon sequestration research.

Robert D. von Bernuth
Department of Planning, Design and Construction
vonbern@msu.edu
Interests: systems integration and rural revitalization.

Indrek S. Wichman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
wichman@egr.msu.edu
Interests: biomass combustion and gasification, specifically as it relates to the burning of biomass in combustors and furnaces.

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

Neil T. Wright
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ntwright@msu.edu

Wynne Wright
Department  of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies
wrightwy@anr.msu.edu
Interest: systems integration and rural revitalization.