Purdue University

Rakesh Agrawal
Department of Chemical Engineering
agrawalr@purdue.edu
Interests: biomass to liquid fuel through thermochemical routes, design and fabrication of low-cost and high efficiency solar cells. 

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

Chris Hurt
Department of Agricultural Economics
hurtc@purdue.edu
Interests: biofuels examines the impacts on grain, livestock, and food markets. This includes acreage, rotations, prices, and distribution

Klein E. Ileleji
Department of Ag/ Bio Eng, Extension Engineer
ileleji@purdue.edu
Interests: the production of energy crops, new technology development, biomass characterization, and production, densification and post-harvest technologies for biomass utilization. 

Don Jones
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
jonesd@purdue.edu
Interests: on-farm production of biofuels, by-products (DDGS).

Michael Ladisch
Director LORRE
ladisch@purdue.edu 

Nate Mosier
Department of Ag/Bio Engineering
Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
mosiern@purdue.edu

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

Mario A. Rotea
Department Aero and Astro/Mech Engineering
rotea@purdue.edu 

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

Ronald Steuterman
The Energy Center, Managing Director
steuterm@purdue.edu
Interest: wind energy. 

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

Wallace Tyner
Department of Agricultural Economics
wtyner@purdue.edu
Interests: oil, natural gas, coal, wind, solar, and biomass energy, renewable energy policy alternatives for the future.