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Imad Al-Qadi
Founder Professor Engineering
1207 Newmark Laboratory, MC-250
(217) 265-0427, alqadi@illinois.edu
Bio: http://cee.illinois.edu/node/56
Research\Lab: http://ict.illinois.eduAreas of interest: Pavements including material characterization, design, analysis, modeling, and performance prediction; Nondestructive testing and evaluation, instrumentation, full scale testing, geosynthetics in pavements, pavement fracture and reinforcement techniques.
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Mary P. Arends-Kuenning
Associate Professor, Affiliate of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
408 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-0753, marends@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/viewfaculty.aspx?netid=marends
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William E. Artz
Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition
382D Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 333-9337, wartz@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/william_artz
Areas of interest: development of Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC); tropical oils of Brazil and their use for food, fuel and pharmaceutical applications; biodiesel stability; biodiesel synthesis; alternative uses for glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct.
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Werner Baer
Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics
218 David Kinley Hall, MC-707
(217) 333-8388, wbaer@illinois.edu
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Fred E. Below
Professor of Plant Physiology
322A Edward R. Madigan Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-9745, fbelow@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/below/
Areas of interest: Nitrogen Use Efficiency; Grain Quality for Processing; Crop Production Management Evaluation
Primary Disciplines: Off-Campus Graduate Studies, Crop Production, Molecular Biology and Physiology
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May Berenbaum
Jubilee Professor, Swanlund Chair and Head of Entomology
320 Morrill Hall
(217) 333-7784, maybe@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.illinois.edu/entomology/faculty/berenbaum.html
Research\Lab:http://www.life.illinois.edu/berenbaum/Areas of interest: plant-insect interactions and biotic stress.
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Carl Bernacchi
Research Plant Physiologist, Assistant Professor for Plant Biology
193 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory, MC-051
(217) 333-8048, bernacch@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Bernacchi.htm
Research\Lab:http://www.life.illinois.edu/bernacchiAreas of interest: Land use change, biogeochemical cycling, water use, photosynthesis.
Kaustubh Bhalerao
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
376A Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 244-6569, bhalerao@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/K_Bhalerao
Research\Lab:http://www.life.illinois.edu/berenbaum/Areas of interest: synthetic biology; pathway engineering; biofuel coproducts.
Hans Blaschek
Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), Assistant Dean and Director, Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)
34 Animal Sciences Laboratory, MC-630
(217) 333-8224, blaschek@illinois.edu
Bio: http://bioenergy.illinois.edu/about/staff.html
Research\Lab: http://bioenergy.illinois.edu/Areas of interest: genomics of bio-butanol producing Clostridium beijerinckii; bioprocessing.
Primary Discipline: microbiology
Martin O. Bohn
Associate Professor of Crop Sciences
S-110 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-2536, mbohn@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/bohn/
Areas of interest: Corn breeding and genetics; genetic basis of biotic stress responses; cell wall biology in maize.
Primary Disciplines: Crops, Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Cytogenetics
Hans J. Bohnert
Professor of Crop Sciences and Director of the W.M. Keck Center
192 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 265-5475, hbohnert@illinois.edu
Research\Lab: http://www.life.illinois.edu/bohnert/
Areas of interest: Molecular genetics and genomics of abiotic stress tolerance in model species and crops; novel genes and pathways in extremophile plant species; predictive transcript co-expression networks; genetics of regulatory pathways in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis; correlations between lignin and cellulose biosynthesis.
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Germán Bollero
Professor of Crop Sciences
W-201C Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9475, gbollero@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/bollero/
Areas of interest: biometrics and the application of quantitative methods to the analysis of ecological, physiological, environmental, and management aspects of cropping systems.
John Braden
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
304A Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-5501, jbb@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=jbb
Areas of interest: water resources and policies; biofuels; bioproducts.
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Carl A. Bradley
Assistant Professor
N-533B Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-7415, carlbrad@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/carlbrad/
Areas of interest: water resources and policies; biofuels; bioproducts.
Jeffrey Brawn
Professor and Head, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
W-503 Turner Hall, MC-047
(217) 244-5937, jbrawn@illinois.edu
Bio: http://nres.illinois.edu/directory/Jeffrey_D_Brawn
Areas of interest: conservation biology; biodiversity studies.
Richard Brazee
Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
W-523 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-6271, brazee@illinois.edu
Bio: http://nres.illinois.edu/directory/Richard_J_Brazee
Areas of interest: dynamic modeling.
Primary Disciplines: economics, mathematics
David Bullock
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
420 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-5510, dsbulloc@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=dsbulloc
Areas of interest: economics and policy of bioenergy.
Gustavo Caetano-Annoles
Professor of Bioinformatics
332 National Soybean Research Center, MC-637
(217) 333-8172, gca@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/gca/
Areas of interest: bioinformatics; interaction of plants and microbes.
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Ximing Cai
Assistant Professor
2535 C Hydro systems Laboratory, MC-250
(217) 333-4935, xmcai@illinois.edu
Isaac Cann
Associate Professor of Animal Sciences and Microbiology
456 Animal Sciences Laboratory, MC-630
(217) 333-2090, icann@illinois.edu
Bio: http://mcb.illinois.edu/faculty/profile/1542
Areas of interest: molecular biology of DNA replication; enzymes of plant cell wall hydrolysis; rumen microbiology.
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Munir Cheryan
Research Professor
110 Agriculture Bioprocessing Laboratory, MC-640
(217) 333-9332, mcheryan@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/munir_cheryan
Research\Lab: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mcheryan/www/Areas of interest: membrane separations; bioprocessing; fermentation; corn refining; soybean processing; vegetable oil processing.
Primary Disciplines: chemical engineering, food science
Steven Clough
Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences
238 National Soybean Research Center, MC-637
(217) 265-6452, sjclough@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/faculty/clough/
Areas of interest: maize germplasm; pathology; genetics research.
John Cronan
Professor and Head of Microbiology, Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology Alumni Professor
B103 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, MC-123
(217) 333-7919, jecronan@illinois.edu
Bio: http://mcb.illinois.edu/faculty/profile/1184
Areas of interest: biosynthesis; regulation and function of membrane lipids and fatty acid-derived coenzymes.
Mark David
Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
W-503 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-4308, mbdavid@illinois.edu
Bio: http://nres.illinois.edu/directory/Mark_B_David
Research\Lab: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mbdavid/www/Biogeochemistry/index.htmAreas of interest: water quality; nitrogen and phosphorus cycling; biogeochemistry; environmental impacts of biofuels.
Adam Davis
Assistant Professor Crop Sciences; Ecologist, Invasive Weed Management Unit, USDA-ARS
N-319 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9654, asdavis1@illinois.edu or adam.davis@ars.usda.gov
Bio: http://arsweeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/davis.html
Areas of interest: crop production; weed management; agroecology.
Jeff Dawson
Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
1316 Plant Sciences Laboratory, MC-634
(217) 333-9281, jdawson2@illinois.edu
Bio: http://nres.illinois.edu/directory/Jeffrey_Dawson
Areas of interest: soil biology; plant biology.
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Evan DeLucia
Professor and Head of Plant Biology
265 Morrill Hall, MC-118
(217) 333-6177, delucia@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Delucia.htm
Research\Lab: http://www.life.illinois.edu/delucia/Areas of interest: Ecological consequences of large scale deployment of bioenergy crops, including effects on biodiversity and biogeochemical cycling of carbon, water and nitrogen.
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Brian W. Diers
Professor of Soybean Breeding
268 National Soybean Research Center, MC-637
(217) 265-4062, bdiers@illinois.edu
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Michael C. Dietze
Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology, Energy Biosciences Institute
265 Morrill Hall, MC-116
(217) 265-8020, mdietze@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Dietze.htm
Research\Lab: http://www.life.illinois.edu/dietze/Areas of interest: Regional agro-ecosystem modeling using processes based biophysical models; biofuel crop environmental suitability and ecosystem service impacts; data assimilation and forecasting; trees and perennial grasses.
Primary Disciplines: ecology
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Robert E. Dunker
Agronomist, Crop Sciences Research and Education Center (South Farms)
AW-101 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-5444, r-dunker@illinois.edu
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Stephen A. Ebelhar
Agronomist, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center; Superintendent, Crop Sciences Divison
Simpson, IL
(618) 695-2790, sebelhar@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/pros/sebelhar/
Research\Lab: http://www.cropsci.illinois.edu/research/rdc/dixonsprings/Areas of interest: soild fertility and crop production
Steve Eckhoff
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360 C Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 244-4022, seckhoff@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/S_Eckhoff
Areas of interest: genomics and bioinformatics of energy crops and their pathogens; next-generation genome sequencing; canopy development and dynamics; functional genomics and resequencing.
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A. Bryan Endres
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Law and Institute for Genomic Biology
326 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-1828, bendres@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=bendres
Research\Lab: http://www.ace.illinois.edu/index.aspxAreas of interest: Biofuel Law & Regulation; Intellectual Property; Biotechnology
Primary Discipline: Law
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Hadi S. Esfahani
Professor, Interim Director for Global Studies, Interim Director for Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
210 David Kinley Hall, MC-706
(217) 333-2681, esfahani@illinois.edu
Bio:https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/esfahani/www/
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Hao Feng
Associate Professor of Food and Bioprocess Engineering
382F Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 244-2571, haofeng@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/hao_feng
Areas of interest: ecosystem ecology; plant microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; global environmental change.
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Fabián Fernández
Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
N-315 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-4426, ferande@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/fernandez/
Primary Disciplines: crop production, crops
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Robert J. Finley
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Center Director, Energy and Earth Resources Center, Principle Geologist
Illinois Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource sustainability
361 Natural Resources Building, MC-650(217) 244-8389, finley@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/about-isgs/staff-dir/f/finley.shtml
Ted L. Funk
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Extension Specialist , Agricultural Engineering and Assistant Professor
332 E Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC 644
(217) 333-9313, funkt@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/T_Funk
Research\Lab: http://abe.illinois.edu/Areas of interest: manure management and conversion; farmstead energy efficiency , home energy.
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John Gerlt
Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biophysics and Gutgsell Endowed Chair
301A Roger Adams Laboratory, B4, MC-712
(217) 244-7414, j-gerlt@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biochem/f_gerlt.html
Areas of interest: mechanisms of enzyme-catalyzed reactions; functional genomics; directed evolution and rational design of “new” enzymes.
Peter Goldsmith
Soybean Industry Endowed Associate Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Executive Director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory
326 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-5131, pgoldsmi@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=pgoldsmi
Areas of interest: biofuels business economics and strategy.
Michael Gray
Professor of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Crop Sciences; Interim Assistant Dean, Agriculture and Natural Resources for U of I Extension
N-305 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-6652, megray@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/mgray/
Areas of interest: Integrated Pest Management; crop production; economic entomology; field crop insect ecology.
Tony Grift
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360J Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 333-2854, grift@illinois.edu
Bio: http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/teg/teg.asp
Areas of interest: advanced machinery for biosystems applications.
Nigel Goldenfeld
Professor of Physics and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
Loomis Laboratory
(217) 333-8027, nigel@illinois.edu
Bio: http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~nigel/
Research\Lab: http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/Areas of interest: quantitative biology; ecology; biocomplexity; microbial ecology and evolution.
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Howard R. Guenther
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Swanlund Administration Building, MC-304
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Alan Hansen
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360P Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-2969, achansen@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/A_Hansen
Areas of interest: biofuels combustion research; biodiesel.
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Robert J. Hauser
Professor and Head of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Interim Director for International Affairs/ACES Global Connect
332 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 244-2807, r-hauser@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/viewFaculty.aspx?NetID=r-hauser
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Geoffrey J.D. Hewings
Director, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory
Professor, Geography, Economics, Urban and Regional Planning, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, and Institute of Government and Public Affairs318 Davenport Hall, MC-150
(217) 333-4740, hewings@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.geog.uiuc.edu/people/hewings
Areas of interest: transportation and biofuels evaluation.
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Robert G. Hoeft
Head, Department of Crop Sciences
Professor of Soil FertilityAW-101 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9480, rhoeft@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/hoeft/
Primary Disciplines: Soil Fertility, Outreach and Extension programs.
Matthew Hudson
Assistant Professor of Genomics
334 National Soybean Research Center, MC-637
(217) 244-8096, mhudson@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/mhudson/
Research\Lab: http://stan.cropsci.uiuc.edu/Areas of interest: light-regulated signaling networks in plants; bioinformatics; functional genomics.
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Atul Jain
Associate Professor
Atmospheric Sciences, MC-223
(217) 333-2128, jain1@illinois.edu
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Wesley M. Jarell
Professor, Interim Director for Environmental Change Institute, Research Professor for Information Trust Institute, Interim Coordinator for the ACES Field Stations
S-334 Turner Hall, MC-047
(217) 244-0384, wjarrell@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=442
Areas of interest: Soil Biology, Soil & Water Quality, Policy & Law, Plant Ecology & Natural Resource Management, Food Crop Systems.
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Yong-Su Jin
Assistant Professor, Institute for Genomic Biology
3402 Institute for Genomic Biology, MC-195
(217) 333-7981, ysjin@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/yong-su_jin
Areas of interest: Metabolic engineering, strain improvement through systems and synthetic biology, yeast sugar metabolism.
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G. Richard "Dick" Johnson
Professor
S-120 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-4255, grjohnso@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/grjohnso/
Areas of interest: Genetics and Plant Breeding
Primary Disiplines: Plant Breeding and Genetics
Jack Juvik
Professor of Plant Genetics
307 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-4777, juvik@illinois.edu
Bio: http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/?page_id=47
Areas of interest: Miscanthus breeding and improvement.
Neil Kelleher
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
53 B Roger Adams Laboratory, Box 47-5, MC-712
(217) 244-3927, nkellehe@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/chem/faculty/Neil_Kelleher.html
Research\Lab:http://kelleher.scs.uiuc.edu/Areas of interest: proteomics and metabolomics.
Angela Kent
Assistant Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences
N-215 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-4216, akent@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=478
Research\Lab: http://microbes.nres.uiuc.eduAreas of interest: microbial ecology and environmental microbiology; using molecular tools to investigate the contribution of microbial communities to important ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, and seeking applications of knowledge to manage or improve microbial processes in the environment.
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Jay Kesan, J.D.
Professor of Law, Director of U of I Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law ; Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Faculty Scholar
Law Building, MC-594
(217) 333-7887, kesan@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.law.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/JayKesan
Areas of interest: Biofuels Law and Regulation; Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation
Madhu Khanna
Professor of Agricultual and Consumer Economics, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
440 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-5176, khanna1@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=khanna1
Areas of interest: modeling and economics of biofuels supply chain; land use modeling; economics and environmental effects of biofuel production.
Gregory Knott
Associate Director of the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)
260 Bevier Hall, MC-182
(217) 333-9334, gknott63@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/Utilities/view_person.cfm?ID=24908
Areas of interest: facilitation of UIUC campus bioenergy-related activities.
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Frederic L. Kolb
Professor of Plant Breeding
AE-120 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9485, f-kolb@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/kolb/
Primary Disciplines: Small Grain Breeding and Genetics
Kurt Kwast
Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
524 Burrill Hall
(217) 244-3122, kwast@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.mcb.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile/1123
Areas of interest: transcriptional regulation of oxygen-responsive genes in yeast.
Dimitrios Kyritsis
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering
130 Mechanical Engineering Building
(217) 333-7794, kyritsis@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=43
Research\Lab: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/research/kyritsisAreas of interest: biofuel-related research with an emphasis on biofuel combustion and ethanol; butanol electrosprays within the framework of the federal Department of Energy (DOE)-supported Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center of Excellence on Advanced Automotive Bio-fuel Combustion Engines.
Chia-Fon Lee
Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering
132 Mechanical Engineering Building
(217) 333-5879, cflee@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=45
Areas of interest: biofuels combustion research.
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DoKyoung "D.K." Lee
Assistant Professor
S-320 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-7736, leedk@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/leedk/
Areas of interest: Developing the best agronomic management practices for sustainable herbaceous biomass feedstock production of perennial grasses.
Primary Disciplines: Crop Production, Perennial Crop Production, Biomass and Bioenergy Crop Production
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Timothy C. Lindsey
Associate Director
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, MC-676
(217) 333-8940, tlindsey@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.istc.illinois.edu/about/staff_tim_lindsey.cfm
Research\Lab: http://www.istc.illinois.edu/about/Areas of interest: Conversion of wastes and by-products to biofuels, Biofuels Industry Sustainability
Primary Disciplines: Technology diffusion, chemical and environmental engineering
Stephen Long
Robert Emerson Professor of Crop Sciences, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB); Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
379 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-2487, slong@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/long/
Areas of interest: Miscanthus; plant growth; climate change.
Primary Disciplines: plant physiology, environmental science.
Vera Lozovaya
Research Professor of Crop Sciences
284 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-9465, lozovaya@illinois.edu
Bio: http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/?page_id=46
Areas of interest: Miscanthus; modification of cell wall phenolics; biochemical analyses of phenylpropandoids.
Roderick Mackie
Professor of Animal Sciences, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
458 Animal Sciences Laboratory, MC-630
(217) 244-2526, r-mackie@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nutrsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=62
Areas of interest: molecular microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract; functional and comparative genomics of gut bacteria; comparative digestive physiology and metabolism.
Primary Disciplines: microbiology
Richard Masel
Fox Family Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
213 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C3, MC-712
(217) 333-6841, r-masel@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cheme.uiuc.edu/Faculty/masel.php
Areas of interest: energy systems and micro fuel cells;cellulose depolymerization.
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Michael Mazzocco
Associate Professor, Food and Agribusiness Management
326 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-1816, mmazzocc@illinois.edu
Bio: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mmazzocc/www/
Areas of interest: Decision analysis, strategy implementation, operations management and economic analysis of firms in food and agribusiness sector.
Gregory McIsaac
Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
S-524 Turner Hall, MC-047
(217) 333-9411, gmcisaac@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=287
Areas of interest: hydrology; nutrient biogeochemistry.
William W. Metcalf
Professor of Microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
B103 Chemical & Life Sciences Building, MC-110
(217) 244-1943, metcalf@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_metcalf.htm
Areas of interest: molecular genetics; biochemistry of methanogenic archaea.
Michael Miller
Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition
439 Bevier Hall
(217) 244-1973, mille216@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/michael_miller
Areas of interest: Lactic acid bacteria, gastrointestinal microbiology, and bacteriophage ecology.
Ray Ming
Associate Professor of Plant Biology, Institute forGenomic Biology (IGB)
148 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-1221, rayming@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Ming.htm
Area of interest: evolution of primitive sex chromosomes in plants; genetics of biomass production in sugarcane.
Stephen Moose
Associate Professor of Crop Sciences and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
389 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 244-6308, smoose@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/moose/
Research\Lab: http://nitrogenes.cropsci.uiuc.eduAreas of interest: maize functional genomics; molecular regulation of genetic pathways.
Primary Disciplines: maize functional genetics, corn genomics
Eberhard Morgenroth
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Sciences
3219 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
(217) 333-6965, emorgenr@illinois.edu
Bio: http://cee.uiuc.edu/Faculty/emorgenr.htm
Research\Lab: http://cee.uiuc.edu/research/morgenroth/Areas of interest: mixed culture biotechnology; membrane bioreactors; wastewater treatment and reuse; biological hydrogen production.
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Scott A. Morris
Associate Professor of Food Engineering and Packaging; Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering
382G Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 333-9330, smorris@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/scott_morris
Areas of interest: Food and bioproduct processing optimization for sustainability and energy conservation. Optimization of alternative fuels production and transportation systems. Environmental and economic impact assessment of alternative fuels production and use.
Primary Disciplines: Engineering and systems optimization; high speed manufacturing.
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Richard Mulvaney
Professor of Natural and Environmental Science
S-220 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9467, mulvaney@uiuc.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=289
Research\Lab: http://illinoissoilntest.nres.uiuc.edu/Areas of interest: soil biology; soil and water quality.
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Rita Mumm
Associate Professor, Director of the Plant Breeding Center Associate Professor of Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding and Director of the Plant Breeding Center
AE-110 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-9497, ritamumm@uiuc.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/ritamumm/
Areas of interest: Genomic applications to crop improvement, gene regulation, efficient plant breeding strategies, deployment of transgenic traits
Primary Disciplines: Plant Breeding, Genetics, Quantitative Genetics, Functional Genomics
Emerson Nafziger
Professor of Crop Sciences
W-301 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 333-9658, ednaf@illinois.edu
Bio: http://cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/nafziger/index.cfm
Areas of interest: maise crop management; crop production; grain crop management.
Satish Nair
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
430 Roger Adams Laboratory
(217) 333-0641, s-nair@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.mcb.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile/987
Areas of interest: structural biology; biological functions of macromolecules.
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Terry L. Niblack
Professor
N-531 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-5940, tniblack@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/niblack/
Research\Lab: http://www.cropsci.eduAreas of interest: soybean cyst nematode, maize-parasitic nematodes
Primary Disciplines: Nematology, Plant Pathology, Extension
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Hayri Onal
Professor
305 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-5507, h-onal@illinois.edu
Donald Ort
Professor of Plant Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB);
USDA\ARS Photosynthesis Reasearch Unit; Adjunct Professor for Crop Sciences1406 Institute for Genomic Biology, MC-195
(217) 333-2093, d-ort@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Ort.htm
Research\Lab: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/ort/Areas of interest: plant molecular biology and physiology; photosynthesis.
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Yanfeng Ouyang
Assistant Professor
1209 Newmark Laboratory, MC-250
(217) 333-9858, yfougang@illinois.edu
Bio: http://cee.uiuc.edu/Faculty/yfouyang.htm
Areas of interest: Transportation systems analysis, Network optimization, supply chain and logistics systems for biofuels.
Primary Disciplines: laser diagnostics, gaseous and catalytic combustion, electrostatic atomization
Graciela Padua
Research Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition
382L Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 333-9336, gwpadua@illinois.edu
Bio: http://fshn.illinois.edu/people/graciela_padua
Areas of interest: bioproducts and co-product utilization.
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Lyle E. Paul
Agronomist
Northern Illinois Agronomy Research Center, MC-646
Shabbona, IL(815) 824-2029, lylepaul@illinois.edu
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Michael J. Plewa
Professor of Genetics and UIUC University Scholar
364 National Soybean Research Center, MC-635
(217) 333-3614, mplewa@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/plewa/
Primary Disciplines: Mutation Genetics, Maize Genetics, Genetic Toxicology, Environmental Mutagenesis, Life Sci: Microbiology
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Archie R. Portis Jr.
Affiliate, Department of Plant Biology and USDA/ARS; Professor, Department of Crop Science, Program in Physiological & Molecular Plant Biology
193a Edward R. Madigan Laboratory, MC-051
(217) 244-3083, aportis@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/People/Faculty/Portis.htm
or: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/portis/Primary Disciplines: Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology, USDA-ARS: Photosynthesis
Nathan Price
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Box C-3, Roger Adams Laboratory, MC-712
(217) 244-0596, ndprice@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/price.php
Research\Lab: http://www.igb.uiuc.edu/labs/price/Areas of interest: computational and systems biology; genome scale metabolic networks.
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Christopher V. Rao
Assistant Professor, Beckman Institute
211 Roger Adams Laboratory, MC-712
(217) 244-2247, cvrao@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/rao.php
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Thomas B. Rauchfuss
Professor
A328 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, MC-712
(217) 333-7355, rauchfuz@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/chem/faculty/Thomas_Rauchfuss.html
Research\Lab: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/rauchfus/ Kent Rausch
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360 E Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646
(217) 265-0697, krausch@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/K_Rausch
Research\Lab: http://www.abe.illinois.eduAreas of interest: biofuel co-products research.
Primary Disciplines: process research, membrane separations
Luis Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering
376C Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building,MC-644
1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Urbana, IL 61801(217) 333-2694, lfr@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/L_Rodriguez
Research\Lab: http://biomass.age.uiuc.edu/index.php/Main_PageAreas of interest: systems engineering and analysis of biological systems; sustainability.
Marty Sachs
Crop Sciences and USDA/ARS
S-108 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-0864, msachs@illinois.edu
Research\Lab: http://maizecoop.cropsci.uiuc.edu/marty.php
Areas of interest: maize genetics, plant stress.
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Lance Schideman
Assistant Professor
332N Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 244-8485, schidema@illinois.edu
Bob Schooley
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
W-401B Turner Hall, MC-047
(217) 244-2729, schooley@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=1106
Areas of interest: conservation biology.
Edmund Seebauer
James W. Westwater Professor and Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
207 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C-3, MC-712
(217) 333-4402, eseebaue@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/seebauer.php
Research\Lab: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~eseebauer/Areas of interest: engineering devices for use with alternative fuels.
Mark Shannon
James W. Bayne Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Director of the WaterCAMPWS Center
2132 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MC-244
(217) 244-1545, mshannon@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=57
Research\Lab: http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/research/shannon/Areas of interest: micro-fuel cells; water use.
Anne Silvis
Extension Specialist in Human and Community Development
222 Bevier Hall, MC-182
(217) 333-5126, asilvis@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.hcd.uiuc.edu/about/faculty_staff/a_silvis.html
Areas of interest: rural development and sustainable agriculture.
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Clifford E. Singer
Professor
111D Talbot Laboratory, MC-234
(217) 333-1814, csinger@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ne.uiuc.edu/faculty/singer.php
Areas of interest: energy econometrics
Vijay Singh
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360G Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-9510, vsingh@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/V_Singh
Areas of interest: grain bioprocessing technologies for ethanol production; process design and economic analysis; recovery of value-added coproducts; applied enzyme research in bioprocessing.
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Murugesu Sivapalan
Professor of Georgraphy and Civil & Environmental Engineering
2524 Hydrosystems Laboratory, MC-304
(217) 333-2676 or 333-5150, sivapala@illinois.edu
Bio: http://cee.uiuc.edu/Faculty/sivapala.htm
Areas of interest: Watershed Hydrology: Predictions in Ungauged Basins, Modeling of Water Balance and Water Quality, New Hydrologic Theories.
Primary Disciplines: Hydrology, Environmental Engineering, Physical Geography
Steve Sonka
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement
304 Swanlund Administration Building, MC-304
(217) 333-9525, ssonka@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=ssonka
Areas of interest: anticipation of strategic change associated with growth of biofuels and the bioeconomy, with emphasis on implications for global food and agricultural systems.
Ashley Spies
Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
318G Roger Adams Laboratory, MC-712
(217) 244-3529, aspies@illinois.edu
Bio:http://www.mcb.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile/1409
Areas of interest: enzyme mechanisms; catalysis.
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Kevin L. Steffey
Professor and Extension Entomologist
N-307 Turner Hall, MC-046
(217) 244-2128, ksteffey@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/steffey/
Areas of interest: Insect management in field crops, integrated pest management, surveys of insects in agricultural systems.
Hans Stein
Associate Professor of Animal Sciences
132 Animal Sciences Laboratory, MC-630
(217) 333-0013, hstein@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nutrsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=107
Areas of interest: co-products utilization.
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J. Ryan Stewart
Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
1011 Plant Sciences Laboratory, MC-634
(217) 265-5461, rstewart@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=1060
Research\Lab: http://ecohort.nres.uiuc.eduAreas of interest: plant water relations; environmental stress physiology; invasive plant biology; plant propagation.
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Gale E. Summerfield
Director, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economic
320 International Studies Building, MC-480
(217) 333-1977, summrfld@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp/gsummerfield.shtml
or: http://www.hcd.uiuc.edu/about/faculty_staff/g_summerfield.html Robert L. Thompson
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Gardner Endowed Chair in Agricultural Policy
412 Mumford Hall, MC-710
(217) 333-1313, rlt@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/thompson/
Areas of interest: biofuels in 2007 Farm Bill; economics of biofuels; impact of biofuels development on international agricultural trade; the coming global conflict between fuel and food from agriculture.
K.C. Ting
Professor and Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
338 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-3570, kcting@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/KC_Ting
Research\Lab: http://abe.illinois.eduAreas of interest: automation; systems informatics and analysis; alternative energy; decision support; engineering solutions for biomass feedstock production.
Tracy Twine
Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
210 Atmospheric Sciences Office Building
(217) 333-7105, twine@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/people/twine.html
Areas of interest: land-atmosphere interactions.
Tom Voigt
Associate Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences
S-416 Turner Hall, MC-047 or
1103 Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 W. Gregory Avenue.
(217) 333-7847, tvoigt@illinois.eduBio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=314
Research\Lab: http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/
Research\Lab: http://www.turf.uiuc.edu/Areas of interest: grass production and management systems.
Michelle Wander
Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
N-225 Turner Hall, MC-047
(217) 333-9471, mwander@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=315
Areas of interest: soil biology; food crop systems.
Xinlei Wang
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
332C Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-4446, xwang2@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/X_Wang
Research\Lab: http://abe.illinois.eduAreas of interest: renewable energy systems; building energy efficiency; air quality and emission control.
Primary Disciplines: agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering.
Bryan A. White
Professor of Animal Sciences and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
460 Animal Sciences Laboratory, MC-630
(217) 333-2091, bwhite44@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.nutrsci.illinois.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=80
Areas of interest: Microbiology, genomics and metagenomics of plant cell wall hydrolysis in the rumen; cellulosome and glycoside hydrolase engineering.
Jack Widholm
Emeritus Professor of Crop Sciences
285A Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 333-9462, widholm@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/widholm/
Areas of interest: plant physiology and molecular biology, transformation of Miscanthus, soybeans, maize; Arabidopsis and tobacco and metabolomics.
Qin Zhang
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
360N Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-9419, qinzhang@illinois.edu
Bio: http://abe.illinois.edu/faculty/Q_Zhang
Areas of interest: computer-aided farming systems; biodiesels; feedstock harvest for biofuels.
Primary Discipline: agricultural engineering
Yuanhui Zhang
Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
332 B Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-644
(217) 333-2693, yzhang1@illinois.edu
Bio: http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/yhz/yhz.asp
Areas of interest: hydrothermal processing of biomass to crude oil.
Huimin Zhao
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Centennial Chair
215 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C-3, MC-712
(217) 333-2631, zhao5@illinois.edu
Bio: http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/zhao.php
Research\Lab: http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/~zhaogrp/Areas of interest: industrial biotechnology; bioenergy; metabolic engineering; developing new technologies to convert cellulose to biofuels; developing new technologies for butanol production; developing yeast strains that can efficiently utilize pentoses.
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Xinguang Zhu
Research Scientist, Center Affiliate for NSCA
379 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051
(217) 244-6317, zhu3@illinois.edu