OSU Potential Bioenergy Mentors Version 2, 11/13/13

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1 OSU Potential Bioenergy Mentors Version 2, 11/13/13 Note: All the contacts listed below agreed to be a mentor for students in the Oregon State bioenergy program. Please contact the mentors directly to see if your research interests are a good match for their projects. Biological Conversion Ganti Murthy Title Bio/Eco Engineering Professor Cellulosic and algal biofuels and bioproducts. Control of dynamic systems. Systems analysis process modeling and simulation. Processing of biobased feedstocks into fuels and chemicals Added: 11/28/13 Hong Liu Title Bio/Eco Engineering Professor Development of microbial electrochemical technologies for bioenergy generation and waste/wastewater treatment. Curtis Lajoie Title Chem/Bio/Env Engineering Enzymatic and fungal transformation of biomass for biofuels. Tyler Radneicki Title Chem/Bio/Env Engineering Professor Sustainable water treatment processes. Developing increased production of methane from wastewater treatment plant anaerobic digesters through the co- digestion of FOG (fats, oils and greases). John Talbott Title Sun Grant Center Director

2 Bioenergy development including renewable fuels development, energy crop development, conversion processes, economics and policy development for utilization of biomass as an energy source. Biotechnology / Genetics Frank Chaplen Title Bio/Eco Engineering Professor Biofilm formation and applications to alternative energy. Sharon Doty Title Env/Forest Sciences Professor UW Location Seattle, WA Identification of nitrogen fixing bacteria in wild Poplar and Willow. Efficiency of bioethanol production. Barbara Lachenbruch Title Forest Ecosystems/Science Professor [No open mentee slots ) Plant structure and function in biofuel crops. Effects of modification of lignin content. David Neale Title Forest Genomics Professor UC Davis Location Davis, CA Genetic traits that determine lignin and cellulose levels in trees (Poplar and cottonwood) used for biofuels. Steven Strauss Title Forest Ecosystems Science Professor Genetics/biotech in woody plants.

3 Mike Penner Title Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Bofuel fermentation and genetics. Business / Economics / Policy David Bernell Title Political Science Professor Energy Policies of Ethanol and other bio- fuels. Eric Hansen Title Wood Science Professor Non- technical, business and marketing aspects of bioenergy. Environmental marketing, social responsibility, and organizational innovation nothing computationally heavy. Ted Khoury Title Strategy and Management Professor PSU Location Portland, OR of firms and inventions in the bioenergy industry. Nathan Parker Title Transportation Economics post- doc US Davis Location Davis, CA Economic analysis of particular biofuel production systems. This work involves some GIS but is mostly engineering modeling, data manipulation and optimization work. This work might interest someone who is interested in biofuels in general as you get a good understanding of how the whole system works.

4 Lihong Qian Title Management and Strategy Professor PSU Location Portland, OR Industry evolution and technology advancement in the biofuels industry and the strategy implications for biofuels producing firms. John Sessions Title Forest Engineering Professor Development of decision support models for woody biomass collection, processing and transport. David Smith Title Wood Science/Engineering Advisor [No open mentee slots ] Environmental impacts of bioenergy. Eric White Title Forest Engineering Professor Estimating the impacts of bioenergy and climate change policies on the forest sector in the U.S.; modeling the integrity of sequestered carbon and landowner behavior in afforestation for carbon sequestration; Communication / Outreach Stanley Asah Title Env and Forest Science Professor UW Location Seattle, WA [No open mentee slots ] Communicating and educating about sustainable biofuels. Shibu Kar Title Extension Educator

5 WSU Location Everett, WA Landowner survey: For AHB to be successful, landowners must be willing to plant and grow crops for bioenergy. We are starting to know areas that are good for growing hardwood crops for bioenergy such as hybrid poplar. With these target areas in mind, we need to survey the landowners and growers in the selected region to ask them questions about their willingness to try new crops and ones for bioenergy in particular. In addition, there may be a need for work on the ground to make sure the selected areas are indeed good targets. Nora Haider Title Extension Educator WSU Location Everett, WA Measuring outreach impacts: Extension and outreach to key stakeholders is an important part of the AHB project. Now that the outreach activities have been going on for over a year, we need to measure their effectiveness. For example, are people more aware of hardwood biofuels and are they more likely to support biofuels by writing letters to congress? One project would be to select a key stakeholder group and quantify the impacts of the AHB outreach efforts and make recommendations for improvements. Scott Leavengood Title Wood Science Professor OSU Location Corvallis, OR Willing to support a bioenergy project. Works primarily in outreach investigating the needs of Oregon wood products firms and assisting entrepreneurs with market assessments and product testing. Peg Herring Title Extension Communications Unit Leader Bioenergy science visual communication. Patricia Townsend Title Extension Educator

6 WSU Location Everett, WA 1) Landowner survey: 2) Measuring outreach impacts: Ecology Mark Harmon Title Forest Science Professor Effects of biomass harvests on forest ecosystems. Brian Moser Title Wildlife Biologist Rocky Mt. Wildlife Location Missoula, MT Institute Sustainability of hybrid poplar plantations through wildlife and biodiversity studies. GIS / Database Quinn Hart US Davis Location Davis, CA Potentially willing to support GIS / database bioenergy project. Luke Rogers Title GIS / Remote Sensing UW Location Seattle, WA Willing to support bioenergy project. Student must bring their own research project as current work wouldn't be a good fit for the program. Feedstock Production

7 Brian Stanton Greenwood Location Portland, OR Resources The seasonal harvesting effect on resprouting Brian Stanton Greenwood Location Portland, OR Resources The effect that different clonal varieties have on various aspect of resprouting Brian Stanton Greenwood Location Portland, OR Resources Soil and climatic effect on resprouting Brian Stanton Greenwood Location Portland, OR Resources The effect of harvesting impacts of resprouting Other Sara Robinson Title Bio/Eco Engineering Willing to support BioEnergy project. Current research is in fungal dyes used for wood treatment. Soil Sciences / Crops

8 Mark Coleman Title Forest Resources er University of Idaho Location Moscow, ID Potentially willing to support soil and water quality in biomass agriculture. Stephen Griffith Title Plant Physiologist OSU / USDA Location Corvallis,OR Soil enhancements to enhance biomass yield. Stephen Machado Title Agronomist OSU Location Pendleton, OR Dryland biofuels crops. Thermal Conversion Bryan Jenkins Title Bio/Ag Engineering Professor US Davis Location Davis, CA Thermal conversion of biomass.

9 Note: The contacts listed below have done research related to bioenergy, but have not yet agreed to be a mentor. They remain potential mentors: feel free to look up their research interests, and if you are interested, contact them directly. Company First Last Title Website ZeaChem Tim Eggeman Acting CEO, Founder Link OSU Donald Wysocki Crop / Soil science Professor Link OSU Ken Williamson Chemical Engineering Professor Link OSU Thomas McLain Wood Science Professor Link OSU Mike Milota Wood Science Professor Link OSU Loren Kellogg Forest Engineering Professor Link OSU Alan Bakalinsky Food Science and Technology Prof Link OSU John Bolte Bio/Eco Engineering Professor Link UW Renata Bura Forest Resources Link UC Davis Stephen Kaffka Plant sciences, Extension specialist Link US Davis Peter Tittmann Forestry, Post- doctoral researcher Link OSU Michael Wing Forest Engineering Professor Link OSU Greg Rorrer Chemical Engineering Professor Link OSU Yanzhen Fan Bio/Eco Engineering Professor Link OSU Markus Kleber Soil/ Env Geochem Professor Link