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Faculty Members & Research Scientists with Interests/Expertise in Biorenewables/Bioeconomy/Biofuels

Name

Department

Email

Interests/Expertise

Aluru, Srinivas

Electrical and Computer Engineering

aluru@iastate.edu

 parallel models, algorithms and applications, computational biology and scientific computing
Anderson, Paul Landscape Architecture / Agronomy fridolph@iastate.edu Agricultural land use, resource planning & management, environmental stewardship, GIS technology.

Anex, Robert

Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

rpanex@iastate.edu

 Biorenewable resources, sustainable technologies, industrial ecology and operations research

Babcock, Bruce

Economics

babcock@iastate.edu

 Agricultural public policy

Battaglia, Francine

Mechanical Engineering

francine@iastate.edu

 Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Bifurcation and instabilities in fluid flows, Multiphase and reacting flows, Efficient and renewable energy technologies
Birrell, Stuart Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering sbirrell@iastate.edu Sensors and controls in advanced machinery and precision agriculture

Bobik, Thomas

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

bobik@iastate.edu

 Biomass Fermentation and Hydrolysis, Anaerobic Fermentation, Digestion
Borich, Tim Community & Regional Planning borich@iastate.edu Community economic development; leadership development; rural sociology and development; multicommunity collaboration; public policy development; distance education; citizen participation and planning

Brendel, Volker

Genetics, Development and Cell Biology and Statistics

vbrendel@iastate.edu

 molecular biology, statistical modeling, and algorithm development, with applications in the field of genome informatics

Brown, Robert

Mechanical Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering

rcbrown@iastate.edu

 use of biorenewable resources (crops and other plant-based materials) as a source of fuels, chemicals, and power

Brumm, Thomas

Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

tbrumm@iastate.edu

 Grain quality, seed quality, applied biotechnology systems
Bryden, K. Mark Mechanical Engineering kmbryden@iastate.edu Biomass combustion; biomass co-firing; virtual engineering systems
Burns, Robert Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering rburns@iastate.edu Livestock and poultry manure management systems
Burras, Lee C. Agronomy lburras@iastate.edu Soil variability and quality
Colletti, Joe Natural Resource Ecology & Management colletti@iastate.edu Forest Resources
Cox, Ron Center for Industrial Research & Service rcox@iastate.edu Energy Audits, Energy Management, Industrial Ventilation, Plant Ventilation, Root Cause Analysis
Cruse, Richard Agronomy rmc@iastate.edu Feedstock Production Systems; Soil Erosion
Devlin, Steven Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) sdevlin@iastate.edu Agriculture product development, product analysis and testing, OSHA compliance management, and constructions management

Dickerson, Julie A.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

julied@iastate.edu

 Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Biostatistics, Comparative Genomics, Computational Biology, Gene Expression, Imaging Technology, Metabolic Engineering, Signal Transduction

DiSpirito, Alan A.

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

aland@iastate.edu

 Bacterial Genetics, Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Enzyme Mechanisms, Metalloproteins
Duffy, Michael Economics mduffy@iastate.edu determinants of farm profitability, small farms, soil conservation, integrated pest management, and sustainable agriculture
Ellis, Timothy Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering tge@iastate.edu Extant respirometry
Ensley, Steve Vet Diagnostic & Prod. Animal Med sensley@iastate.edu Toxicology, pathology
Euken, Jill Extension, Center for Industrial Research and Service jeuken@iastate.edu Bioindustry, Biorefining, Technology Transfer
Fales, Steven Agronomy slf@iastate.edu Plant Science and Feedstock Development, Utilization and New Products
Ford, Clark F. Food Science & Human Nutrition cfford@iastate.edu Genetic engineering of glucoamylase; structure/function relationships of cloned gene products; recovery and purification of fusion proteins.
Gallagher, Paul Center for Agricultural & Rural Development paulg@iastate.edu Renewable fuel standards, Agricultural pricing, policy and analysis, Biomass from crop residues
Gardner, Candice Agronomy gardnerc@iastate.edu Plant Germplasm Conservation, Management and Utilization
Gibson, Lance Agronomy lgibson@iastate.edu production of winter and spring crops including cereals and canola, adaptation of different genetic lines for biofuel production

Ginder, Roger G.

Economics

ginder@iastate.edu

 Economic Implications

Glatz, Charles E.

Chemical & Biological Engineering

cglatz@iastate.edu

 Biochemical Engineering, Bioreactors, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization, Product Separation/Recovery

Grewell, David

Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

dgrewell@iastate.edu

 Bio-renewable, bio-degradable plastics, diffractive optics, ultrasonic waste treatment
Haddad, Monica Community & Regional Planning haddad@iastate.edu Spatial analysis, Land use and water quality
Hall, Richard Forestry rbhall@iastate.edu Forestry resources
Hallam, Arne Economics ahallam@iastate.edu

Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Human Resources, Industrial Organization & Economics of Organization

Hammond, Earl

Food Science & Human Nutrition

Hammond@iastate.edu

 Analysis, stability, structure, metabolism and utilization of fats, oils, and lipids
Hart, Chad Center for Agricultural & Rural Development chart@iastate.edu The examination of biorenewable fuels production and the utilization of crops for that production, the analysis of federal agricultural program effects on the biorenewable fuels industry, and the impact of biorenewable fuels expansion on the traditional uses of agricultural crop production

Hayes, Dermot J.

Economics / Finance

dhayes@iastate.edu

 Economic Implications
Heindel, Theodore Mechanical Engineering theindel@iastate.edu Fluid Mechanics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Modeling of Transport Phenomena Processes
Henning, Stanley Agronomy sjhennin@iastate.edu Soil fertility
Holz-Clause, Mary Value added Agriculture. mclause@iastate.edu Meat and fish processing, grain processing, wine, cheese processing
Howell, Steve Genetics, Dev. & Cell Biology shh@iastate.edu Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Plant Cell Culture, Plant Genetics, Plant Hormone Synthesis and Action, Signal Transduction, Transgenic Plants

Hurburgh, Charles R. Jr.

Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering

tatry@iastate.edu

 Food Preservation and Quality, Food Processing, Product Certification and Traceability

James, Martha G.

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

mgjames@iastate.edu

 Carbohydrates, Gene Expression, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Plant Genetics, Starch Structure and Function, Transgenic Plants, Transposable Elements

Jane, Jay-Lin

Food Science & Human Nutrition

jjane@iastate.edu

 Biomaterials, Biorenewables, Carbohydrates, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization, Starch Structure and Function

Johnson, Lawrence A.

Center for Crops Utilization Research

ljohnson@iastate.edu

 Biorenewables, Food Preservation and Quality, Food Processing, Lipids, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization
Jolly, Bob Economics rjolly@iastate.edu Agricultural economics, human resources
Karlen, Douglas Agronomy karlen@iastate.edu Soil and crop management
Khanal, Samir Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering samirk@iastate.edu biotechnology, renewable biofuels, value-added products from biomass, ultrasound, biomass pretreatment, sugar release, dry and wet corn milling, soybean
Kong, Song-Charng Mechanical Engineering kong@iastate.edu Engine combustion, biodiesel, and other biomass-based fuels

Kraus, George A.

Chemistry

gakraus@iastate.edu

 Biorenewables, Nanotechnology, Natural Products, Virology
Laird, David Agronomy lairdd@nstl.gov The influence of inorganic soil constituents on sorption and abiotic degradation of pesticides, interactions between crystalline swelling and cation exchange selectivity, NH4 fixation in clay minerals, soil aggregation processes, and quantitative soil clay mineralogy

Lamkey, Kendall R.

Agronomy

krlamkey@iastate.edu

 Plant Breeding, Quantitative Genetics

LaRock, Richard C.

Chemistry

larock@iastate.edu

 Lipids, Natural Products, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization
Lasley, Paul Sociology plasley@iastate.edu Organization of U. S. Agriculture, rural culture
Lawrence, Carolyn Genetics, Dev. & Cell Biology triffid@iastate.edu Plant genetics & genomics
Lawrence, John Economics jdlaw@iastate.edu Agricultural economics
Liebman, Matt Agronomy mliebman@iastate.edu Agricultural ecology; diversified cropping systems; crop/livestock integration; weed ecology and management.

Lin, Victor Shang-Yi

Chemistry

vsylin@iastate.edu

 Catalysis, Drug Detection, Enzyme Mechanisms, Metalloproteins
Lorimor, Jeffery Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering jclorimo@iastate.edu Anaerobic digestion and manure management
Lummus, Rhonda Logistics, Operations & MIS rlummus@iastate.edu Supply chain management, production/operations management

Miranowski, John

Economics

jmirski@iastate.edu

 Agricultural economics, environmental & resource economics
Misra, Manjit Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering mkmisra@iastate.edu Computer vision systems, seed conditioning, food safety & security
Moore, Kenneth Agronomy kjmoore@iastate.edu Forages, Systems for improved utilization of forages
Morris, Chuck Youth & 4H cmorris@iastate.edu Agricultural education

Myers, Alan M.

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

ammyers@iastate.edu

 Carbohydrates, Molecular Genetics of Plants

Myers, Deland

Food Science & Human Nutrition

dmyers@iastate.edu

 Plant Protein and Oil Utilization
Nair, Ramesh Plant Sciences Institute rnair@iastate.edu Food & feed research, lignin biosynthesis
Nelson, Ron Mechanical Engineering ronn@iastate.edu Heat and Power Energy

Nikolau, Basil J.

Biochemistry, Biophysics, & Molecular Biology

dimmas@iastate.edu

 Biorenewables, Enzyme Mechanisms, Gene Expression, Genomics, Lipids, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Seed Physiology, Transgenic Plants, Vitamins and Minerals
Olafsson, Sigurdur Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering olafsson@iastate.edu Stochastic optimization, data mining

Oliver, David J.

Genetics, Development & Cell Biology

doliver@iastate.edu

 Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Energy Development, Enzyme Mechanisms, Gene Expression, Lipids, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Photosynthesis and Photorespiration, Protein Structure and Function, Stress Response in Plants, Transgenic Plants

Peters, Reuben

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

rjpeters@iastate.edu

 Biochemical Engineering, Biological Compound Separation and Detection, Biorenewables, Enzyme Mechanisms, Genomics, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Evolution, Natural Products, Plant Hormone Synthesis and Action, Protein Engineering, Protein Structure and Function

Pohl, Nicola

Chemistry

npohl@iastate.edu

Bioanalytical, bioorganic & synthetic organic chemistry.

Pollak, Linda

Agronomy

lmpollak@iastate.edu

 Corn breeding

Pometto, Anthony

Food Science and Human Nutrition

apometto@iastate.edu

 Bioreactors, Fermentation, Natural Products
Pruszko, Rudy Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) rpruszko@iastate.edu Business planning, cost analysis, marketing, research, and project, development from concept to commercialization
Rajan, Krishna Materials Science & Engineering krajan@iastate.edu Engineering, Materials Science, Bioinformatics
Raman, Raj Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering rajraman@iastate.edu Anaerobic digestion, instrumentation, and engineering education
Rao, Guru Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology gururao@iastate.edu Protein engineering, Structure-function relationships of plant proteins, Protein-protein interactions in plant signal transduction

Reilly, Peter J.

Chemical & Biological Engineering

reilly@iastate.edu

 Biochemical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Bioreactors, Carbohydrates, Enzyme Mechanisms, Protein Engineering, Protein Structure and Function

Robyt, John F.

Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology

jrobyt@iastate.edu

 Carbohydrates, Enzyme Mechanisms, Fermentation

Schnable, Patrick S.

Agronomy

schnable@iastate.edu

 Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Plant Genetics, Transposable Elements

Scott, Paul

Agronomy

pscott@iastate.edu

 Gene Expression, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Plant Breeding, Plant Physiology, Transgenic Plants

Shanks, Brent

Chemical & Biological Engineering

bshanks@iastate.edu

 Biorenewables, Catalysis, Nanotechnology

Shanks, Jacqueline V.

Chemical Engineering

jshanks@iastate.edu

 Biochemical Engineering, Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metabolic Engineering, Natural Products, Plant Cell Culture

Shoemaker, Randy

Agronomy

rcsshoe@iastate.edu

 soybean genomics
Singer, Jeremy Agronomy singer@nstl.gov Complex farming system interactions

Spalding, Martin

Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

 mspaldin@iastate.edu Cell Biology, Gene Expression, Metabolic Engineering, Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms, Molecular Genetics of Plants, Photosynthesis and Photorespiration, Plant Genetics, Plant Physiology, Seed Physiology, Signal Transduction, Stress Response in Microorganisms, Stress Response in Plants, Transgenic Plants
Stokke, Douglas Natural Resource Ecology Management dstokke@iastate.edu Building materials and bioadhesives
Stout, JaneAnn Human Sciences & Admin. janeann@iastate.edu Children, youth, and families at risk; individual and family resiliency
Sundararajan, Sriram Mechanical Engineering srirams@iastate.edu MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), mechanical engineering, material science issues in biological systems
Sung, Shihwu Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering sung@iastate.edu Anaerobic biotechnology conversion, organic fertilizer
Swenson, David Economics dswenson@iastate.edu Regional economics, which includes the economic impacts of biofuels plant development in Iowa
Tyndall, John Natural Resource Ecology and Management jtyndall@iastate.edu Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Policy and Sociology

Van Leeuwen, J. (Hans)

Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering

leeuwen@iastate.edu

 Biochemical Engineering, Fermentation, Waste Management
Verkade, John Chemistry jverkade@iastate.edu Catalytic processes, organic and organometallic syntheses
Vigil, R. Dennis Chemical & Biological Engineering vigil@iastate.edu The interaction between chemical reaction and transport processes in multiphase systems
Wang, Kan Agronomy kanwang@iastate.edu Plant genetic transformation and gene regulation

Wang, Tong

Food Science & Human Nutrition

tongwang@iastate.edu

 Lipids, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization

Westgate, Mark E.

Agronomy

westgate@iastate.edu

 Gene Expression, Plant Physiology, Metabolic Engineering, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization, Seed Physiology, Stress Response in Plants
Williams, R. Chris Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering rwilliam@iastate.edu materials, asphalt, asphalt materials, construction

Wurtele, Eve Syrkin

Genetics, Development and Cell Biology

mash@iastate.edu

 Bioinformatics, Gene Expression, Lipids, Metabolic Engineering, Plant Protein and Oil Utilization, Protein Structure and Function, Seed Physiology, Stress Response in Plants