South Dakota State University

Kurt Bassett
Department of Mechanical Engineering
kurt.bassett@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Douglas Franklin
Department of Economics
douglas.franklin@sdstate.edu
Interests: perception of biotechnology, biotech produced by ag products and implications for risk management.

William Gibbons
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.

John Kirby
South Dakota Experiment Station, Director
john.kirby@sdstate.edu

James L. Julson
Department of Ag/Biosys Engineering
james.julson@sdstate.edu
Interests: pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for conversion, alternate feedstocks for ethanol and biofuels production.

Alexandros Moutsoglou
Department of Mechanical Engineering
alexandros.moutsoglou@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Michael Ropp
Department of Electrical Engineering
michael_ropp@sdstate.edu
Interests: wind energy.

Michael Twedt
Department of Mechanical Engineering
michael.twedt@sdstate.edu
Interests: biofuels.

Evert Van der Sluis
Department of Economics
Evert.VanDerSluis@sdstate.edu
Interests: economics of biofuels and the system-wide (economic, ecological, agronomic) aspects associated with biofuels.

Gerald Warmann
Professor and Extension Farm Management Specialist
gerald.warmann@sdstate.edu
Interests: bioenergy feedstock costs and logistics. 

Hal Werner
Extension Specialist
hal.werner@sdstate.edu