Ohio State University

Dave Apsley
OSU Ext Center at Piketon
apsley.1@osu.edu

David Bouley
Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center at Piketon
bouley.1@osu.edu

Stan Ernst
Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics
ernst.1@osu.edu 
Interests: consumer attitudes toward renewable energy and biofuels.

Joseph Fiksel
College of Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Resilience
fiksel.2@osu.edu
Interests: comparative assessment of the sustainability and resilience of energy systems, ranging from traditional fossil fuel combustion to alternative energy sources such as biomass. Sustainability is the capacity to meet growing energy demand while protecting both natural and social capital; and resilience is the capacity to recover from disruptions and adapt to change.

Bill Grunkemeyer
OSU Extension – Community Development
grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu 
Interests: economics and policy.

Damon Hartley
OSUE-Enterprise Cntr Econ Dev
hartley.118@osu.edu 

Fred Hitzhusen
Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics
hitzhusen.1@osu.edu
Interests:

Casey Hoy
Agroecosystems Management Program
hoy.1@osu.edu
Interests: bioenergy placing new demands on agricultural ecosystems (biological diversity, soil quality, enterprise diversity and vitality, and social organization and connectivity to maintain efficient flows and cycles of energy).

Khandakar R. Islam
Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center
islam.27@osu.edu
Interests: establishment and suitability of bioenergy crops, fast growth vs. slow growth, annual and perennial: versatile bioenergy crop, growth and biomass production, biology of bioenergy crops, economics and production performance of bioenergy crops.

Harold Keener
Department of Agricultural Engineering
keener.3@osu.edu
Interests: biomas for energy.

Rattan Lal
Department of Soil Science, SENR
Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, OARDC/FAES
lal.1@osu.edu
Interests: carbon sequestration in soils and trees to offset fossil fuel emissions, improved energy efficiency of farm operations, new sources of ligno cellulosic material for ethanol production.

Rocky W. Lemus
lemus.2@osu.edu
Interests: bioenergy crops, biomass production, carbon sequestration, forages. 

Klaus Lorenz
Research Scientist
Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
lorenz.59@osu.edu
Interests: carbon sequestration. 

Joe Lucente
OSU Extension Educator
lucente.6@cfaes.osu.edu
Interests: wind energy.

Jay Martin
Department  of Ecological Engineering 
martin.1130@osu.edu
Interests: energy sustainability, low-tech anaerobic digesters to purify wastewater and produce energy.

Ron Miller
miller1280@ag.ohio-state.edu 
Interests: economics and policy.

Mathew Roberts
Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics
roberts.628@osu.edu 
Interests: economics and policy.

Floyd Schanbacher
Department of Animal Sciences
schanbacher.1@osu.edu
Interests: anaerobic digestion.

Jim Skeeles
OSU Extension
Skeeles.1@osu.edu

Thomas Sporleder
Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics
sporleder.1@osu.edu
Interests: economics of ethanol plants.

Alan Sundermeier
OSU Extension
sundermeier.5@osu.edu
Interests: carbon sequestration in no-till , cover crops, and crop rotation; methane digestion of manure/food waste.

F. Robert Tabita
tabita.1@osu.edu
Interests: carbon dioxide assimilation, catalyzing solar-driven bioconversions to form biofuels and hydrogen gas.

Jerry Thomas
OSU Extension Center at Lima
thomas.69@osu.edu

Tom Worley
Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Development Economics
worley.36@osu.edu
Interests: carbon sequestration, woody biomass as a direct fuel source and woody biomass as feedstock for cellulozic ethanol production, energy conservation and input reduction into crop management systems.