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2. William E. Artz

   Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition

   382B Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, MC-646

   (217) 333-9337, wartz@uiuc.edu

   http://www.fshn.uiuc.edu/dept/person.cfm?id=9

   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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5. May Berenbaum

   Jubilee Professor, Swanlund Chair and Head of Entomology

   320 Morrill Hall

   (217) 333-7784, maybe@life.uiuc.edu

   http://www.life.uiuc.edu/entomology/faculty/berenbaum.html

   Areas of interest: plant-insect interactions and biotic stress.

6. Larry Berger

   Professor of Animal Sciences

   264 Animal Sciences Laboratory

   (217) 333-2006, llberger@express.cites.uiuc.edu

   http://www.ansci.uiuc.edu/aboutus/faculty/details.cfm?ID=4

   Areas of interest: systems to optimize both food and fuel production from the same land/crop.

7. Kaustubh Bhalerao

   Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

   376A Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

   (217) 244-6569, bhalerao@cites.uiuc.edu

   http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/kb/kb.asp

   Areas of interest: synthetic biology; pathway engineering; biofuel coproducts.

8. 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

   (217) 333-8224, blaschek@uiuc.edu

   http://bioenergy.uiuc.edu/

   Areas of interest: genomics of bio-butanol producing Clostridium beijerinckii; bioprocessing.

9. Martin O. Bohn

   Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences

   S-110 Turner Hall

   (217) 244-2536, mbohn@express.cites.uiuc.edu

   http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/bohn/

   Areas of interest: Corn breeding and genetics; genetic basis of biotic stress responses; cell wall biology in maize.

10. Hans J. Bohnert

    Professor of Crop Sciences and Director of the W.M. Keck Center

    196 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 265-5475, bohnerth@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/bohnert/

    Areas of interest: genetics of regulatory pathways in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis; correlation between lignin and cellulose biosynthesis.

11. German Bollero

    Professor of Crop Sciences

    W-201C Turner Hall

    (217) 333-9475, gbollero@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.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.

12. John Braden

    Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

    304A Mumford Hall

    (217) 333-5501, jbb@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=jbb

    Areas of interest: water resources and policies; biofuels; bioproducts.

13. Jeffrey Brawn

    Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    113 Shelford Vivarium

    (217) 244-5937, jbrawn@uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=328

    Areas of interest: conservation biology; biodiversity studies.

14. Richard Brazee

    Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    W-523 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-6271, brazee@uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=251

    Areas of interest: dynamic modeling.

15. David Bullock

    Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

    420 Mumford Hall

    (217) 333-5510, dsbulloc@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=dsbulloc

    Areas of interest: economics and policy of bioenergy.

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18. Gustavo Caetano-Annoles

    Associate Professor of Crop Sciences

    332 National Soybean Research Center

    (217 )333-8172, gca@uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/gca/

    Areas of interest: bioinformatics; interaction of plants and microbes.

19. Isaac Cann

    Associate Professor of Animal Sciences and Microbiology

    456 Animal Sciences Laboratory

    (217) 333-2090, icann@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_cann.htm

    Areas of interest: molecular biology; enzymes of plant cell wall hydrolysis; microbiology.

20. Steven Clough

    Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences

    238 National Soybean Research Center

    (217) 265-6452, sjclough@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/clough/

    Areas of interest: maize germplasm; pathology; genetics research.

21. John Cronan

    Alumni Professor and Head of Microbiology, Professor of Biochemistry

    B103 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

    (217) 333-7919, j-cronan@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biochem/f_cronan.html

    Areas of interest: biosynthesis; regulation and function of membrane lipids and fatty acid-derived coenzymes.

22. Munir Cheryan

    Research Professor

    110 Agriculture Bioprocessing Laboratory

    (217) 333-9332, mcheryan@uiuc.edu

    http://www.fshn.uiuc.edu/dept/person.cfm?id=14

    Areas of interest: membrane separations; bioprocessing; fermentation; corn refining; soybean processing; vegetable oil processing.

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25. Mark David

    Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    W-503 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-4308, mbdavid@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=255

    Areas of interest: water quality; nitrogen and phosphorus cycling; biogeochemistry; environmental impacts of biofuels.

26. Adam Davis

    Assistant Professor Crop Sciences, USDA-ARS

    N-319 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-9654, asdavis1@uiuc.edu or adam.davis@ars.usda.gov

    http://arsweeds.cropsci.uiuc.edu/davis.html

    Areas of interest: crop production; weed management; agroecology.

27. Jeff Dawson

    Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    1316 Plant Sciences Laboratory

    (217) 333-9281, jdawson2@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=401

    Areas of interest: soil biology; plant biology.

28. Evan DeLucia

    Professor and Head of Plant Biology

    265 Morrill Hall

    (217) 333-6177, delucia@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/delucia/

    Areas of interest: growth and photosynthetic responses to elevated carbon dioxide; crop production and global change.

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31. Steve Eckhoff

    Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

    360 C Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 244-4022, seckhoff@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/sre/sre.html

    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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34. Ross Fitzhugh

    Assistant Professor of Plant Biology

    265 Morrill Hall

    (217) 265-8020, fitzhugh@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/fitzhugh/

    Areas of interest: ecosystem ecology; plant microbe interactions; biogeochemistry; global environmental change.

35. Ted Funk

    Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Extension Specialist

    332 E Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 333-9313, funkt@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/tlf/tlf.asp

    Areas of interest: manure management and conversion.

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38. John Gerlt

    Professor of Biochemistry and Gutgsell Endowed Chair

    301A Roger Adams Laboratory, B4

    (217) 244-7414, j-gerlt@life.uiuc.edu

    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.

39. Peter Goldsmith

    Soybean Industry Endowed Associate Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Executive Director of the National Soybean Research Laboratory

    326 Mumford Hall

    (217) 333-5131, pgoldsmi@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty. aspx?NetID=pgoldsmi

    Areas of interest: biofuels business economics and strategy.

40. Michael Gray

    Professor of Crop Sciences and Assistant Dean Cooperative Extension

    S-320 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-6652, megray@dogwood.itcs.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/mgray/

    Areas of interest: Integrated Pest Management; crop production; economic entomology; field crop insect ecology.

41. Tony Grift

    Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

    360 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 333-2854, grift@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/teg/teg.asp

    Areas of interest: advanced machinery for biosystems applications.

42. Nigel Goldenfeld

    Professor of Physics and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    Loomis Laboratory

    (217) 333-8027, nigel@guava.physics.uiuc.edu

    http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~nigel/

    Areas of interest: quantitative biology; ecology; biocomplexity; microbial ecology and evolution.

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45. Alan Hansen

    Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

    360S Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 333-2969, achansen@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/ach/ach.asp

    Areas of interest: biofuels combustion research; biodiesel.

46. Geoff Hewings

    Professor of Geography and Economics

    220 Davenport Hall

    (217) 333-4740, hewings@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.geog.uiuc.edu/people/hewings.html

    Areas of interest: transportation and biofuels evaluation.

47. Matthew Hudson

    Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences

    334 National Soybean Research Laboratory

    (217) 244-8096, mhudson@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/mhudson/

    Areas of interest: light-regulated signaling networks in plants; bioinformatics; functional genomics.

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51. Jack Juvik

    Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    307 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 333-1966, juvik@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/index.php/researchers/dr-jack-juvik/

    Areas of interest: Miscanthus breeding and improvement.

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54. Neil Kelleher

    Associate Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    53 B Roger Adams Laboratory, Box 47-5

    (217) 244-3927, nkellehe@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://scs.uiuc.edu/chem/kelleher.html

    Areas of interest: proteomics and metabolomics.

55. Angela Kent

    Assistant Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences

    N-215 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-4216, akent@uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=478
    http://microbes.nres.uiuc.edu

    Areas 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.

56. Jay Kesan

    Professor of Law, Director of UIUC Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law

    Law Building, MC-594

    (217) 333-7887, kesan@law.uiuc.edu

    http://www.law.uiuc.edu/faculty/directoryresult.asp?Name=Kesan,+Jay

    Areas of interest: intellectual property; patent law; law and technology; biofuels policy.

57. Madhu Khanna

    Professor of Agricultual and Consumer Economics, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    440 Mumford Hall

    (217) 333-5176, khanna1@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    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.

58. Gregory Knott

    Associate Director of the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)

    260 Bevier Hall

    (217) 333-9334, gknott63@ad.uiuc.edu

    http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/Utilities/view_person.cfm?ID=24908

    Areas of interest: facilitation of UIUC campus bioenergy-related activities.

59. Kurt Kwast

    Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

    524 Burrill Hall

    (217) 244-3122, kwast@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/physiology/f_kwast.html

    Areas of interest: transcriptional regulation of oxygen-responsive genes in yeast.

60. Dimitrios Kyritsis

    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering

    130 Mechanical Engineering Building

    (217) 333-7794, kyritsis@ad.uiuc.edu

    http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=43

    Areas 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.

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63. Chia-Fon Lee

    Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering

    132 Mechanical Engineering Building

    (217) 333-5879, cflee@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=45

    Areas of interest: biofuels combustion research.

64. Stephen Long

    Robert Emerson Professor of Crop Sciences, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    379 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 333-2487, stevel@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/long/

    Areas of interest: Miscanthus; plant growth; climate change.

65. Vera Lozovaya

    Research Professor of Crop Sciences

    284 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 333-9465, lozovaya@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://miscanthus.uiuc.edu/index.php/researchers/dr-vera-lozovaya/

    Areas of interest: Miscanthus; modification of cell wall phenolics; biochemical analyses of phenylpropandoids.

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68. Roderick Mackie

    Professor of Animal Sciences, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    458 Animal Sciences Laboratory

    (217) 244-2526, r-mackie@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    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.

69. Richard Masel

    Fox Family Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    213 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C3

    (217) 333-6841, r-masel@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cheme.uiuc.edu/Faculty/masel.php

    Areas of interest: energy systems and micro fuel cells;cellulose depolymerization.

70. Gregory McIsaac

    Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

    S-524 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-9411, gmcisaac@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=287

    Areas of interest: hydrology; nutrient biogeochemistry.

71. William W. Metcalf

    Professor of Microbiology and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    B103 Chemical & Life Sciences Building

    (217) 244-1943, b-metcalf@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/micro/faculty/faculty_metcalf.htm

    Areas of interest: molecular genetics; biochemistry of methanogenic archaea.

72. Michael Miller

    Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition

    439 Bevier Hall

    (217) 244-1973, mille216@ad.uiuc.edu

    http://www.fshn.uiuc.edu/dept/person.cfm?id=129

    Areas of interest: microbiology, functional genomics.

73. Ray Ming

    Associate Professor of Plant Biology, Institute forGenomic Biology (IGB)

    288 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML), MC-051

    (217) 333-1221, rming@life.uiuc.edu

    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.

74. Stephen Moose

    Associate Professor of Crop Sciences and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    389 Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 244-6308, smoose@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/moose/

    Areas of interest: maize functional genomics; molecular regulation of genetic pathways.

75. Eberhard Morgenroth

    Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Sciences

    3219 Newmark Laboratory

    (217) 333-6965, emorgenr@ad.uiuc.edu

    http://cee.uiuc.edu/research/morgenroth/

    Areas of interest: mixed culture biotechnology; membrane bioreactors; wastewater treatment and reuse; biological hydrogen production.

76. Richard Mulvaney

    Professor of Natural and Environmental Science

    S-220 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-9467, mulvaney@uiuc.edu

    http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=289

    Areas of interest: soil biology; soil and water quality.

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79. Emerson Nafziger

    Professor of Crop Sciences

    W-301 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-4424, ednaf@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/nafziger/index.cfm

    Areas of interest: maise crop management; crop production; grain crop management.

80. Satish Nair

    Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

    430 Roger Adams Laboratory

    (217) 333-0641, s-nair@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biochem/f_nair.html

    Areas of interest: structural biology; biological functions of macromolecules.

81. Gerald C. Nelson

    Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

    315 Mumford Hall, MC-710

    (217) 333-6465, gnelson@uiuc.edu

    http://www.ace.uiuc.edu/ViewFaculty.aspx?NetID=gnelson

    Areas of interest: research in Brazil and other countries in the neotropics on the efficacy of payments for environmental services, in collaboration with the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization; spatial analysis of locations with potential for cost-effective payments (potential services to be considered include carbon sequestration, biodiversity preservation, enhancements in water quality and quantity and provision of biofuels).

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84. Donald Ort

    Professor of Plant Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

    1406 Institute for Genomic Biology

    (217) 333-2093, d-ort@life.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/#%22

    Areas of interest: plant molecular biology and physiology; photosynthesis.

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87. Graciela Padua

    Research Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition

    382 D Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 333-9336, gwpadua@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.fshn.uiuc.edu/dept/person.cfm?id=82

    Areas of interest: bioproducts and co-product utilization.

88. Archie Portis

    Professor of Crop Sciences

    193a Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

    (217) 244-3083, arportis@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/portis/

    Areas of interest: plant physiology and molecular biology; photosynthesis.

89. Nathan Price

    Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    Box C-3, Roger Adams Laboratory

    ndprice@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/price.php

    Areas of interest: computational and systems biology; genome scale metabolic networks.

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93. Kent Rausch

    Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

    360 E Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

    (217) 265-0697, krausch@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/krausch/krausch.asp

    Areas of interest: biofuel co-products research.

94. Torbert Rocheford

    Professor of Crop Sciences

    116 Turner Hall

    (217) 333-9643, trochefo@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/#%22

    Areas of interest: plant biotechnology and molecular biology; plant breeding.

95. Luis Rodriguez

    Assistant Professor of Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering

    376 B Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building,MC-644
    1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Urbana, IL 61801

    (217) 333-2694, lfr@uiuc.edu

    http://www.biomass.age.uiuc.edu

    Areas of interest: systems engineering and analysis of biological systems; sustainability.

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98. Marty Sachs

    Crop Sciences and USDA/ARS

    S-108 Turner Hall

    (217) 244-0864, msachs@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://maizecoop.cropsci.uiuc.edu/marty.php

    Areas of interest: maize genetics, plant stress.

99. Jurgen Scheffran

    Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and Center for Advanced Bioenergy Research (CABER)

    359 Armory Building

    (217) 244-0463, scheffra@express.cites.uiuc.edu

    http://www.acdis.uiuc.edu/About/Staff/showstaff.php?id=6

    Areas of interest: bioenergy education, training, markets and networks.

100. Bob Schooley

     Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

     W-401B Turner Hall

     (217) 244-2729, schooley@uiuc.edu

     http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=1106

     Areas of interest: conservation biology.

101. Edmund Seebauer

     James W. Westwater Professor and Head of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

     114 Roger Adams Laboratory

     (217) 244-9214, seebauer@scs.uiuc.edu

     http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/seebauer.php

     Areas of interest: engineering devices for use with alternative fuels.

102. Mark Shannon

     James W. Bayne Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Director of the WaterCAMPWS Center

     2130 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

     (217) 244-1545, mshannon@uiuc.edu

     http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/content/directory/faculty/profile.php?user_id=57

     Areas of interest: micro-fuel cells; water use.

103. Anne Silvis

     Extension Specialist in Human and Community Development

     222 Bevier

     (217) 333-5126, asilvis@ad.uiuc.edu

     http://www.hcd.uiuc.edu/about/faculty_staff/a_silvis.html

     Areas of interest: rural development and sustainable agriculture.

104. Vijay Singh

     Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

     360g Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

     (217) 333-9510, vsingh@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/vsingh/vsingh.asp

     Areas of interest: grain bioprocessing technologies for ethanol production; process design and economic analysis; recovery of value-added coproducts.

105. Steve Sonka

     Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement

     304 Swanlund Administration Building

     (217) 333-9525, ssonka@sab.uiuc.edu

     
     

     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.

106. Ashley Spies

     Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

     419 Roger Adams Laboratory

     (217) 244-3529, aspies@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.life.uiuc.edu/biochem/f_spies_a.html

     Areas of interest: enzyme mechanisms; catalysis.

107. Hans Stein

     Associate Professor of Animal Sciences

     32 Animal Sciences Laboratory

     (217) 333-0013, hstein@uiuc.edu

     http://www.nutrsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=107

     Areas of interest: co-products utilization.

108. Ryan Stewart

     Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

     1011 Plant Sciences Laboratory

     (217) 265-5461, rstewart@uiuc.edu

     http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=1060
     http://ecohort.nres.uiuc.edu

     Areas of interest: plant water relations; environmental stress physiology; invasive plant biology; plant propagation.

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111. 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@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     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.

112. K.C. Ting

     Professor and Head of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

     338 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

     (217) 333-3570, kcting@uiuc.edu

     http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/kct/kct.asp

     Areas of interest: automation; systems informatics and analysis; alternative energy; decision support; engineering solutions for biomass feedstock production.

113. Tracy Twine

     Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

     210 Atmospheric Sciences Office Building

     (217) 333-7105, twine@atmos.uiuc.edu

     http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/people/twine.html

     Areas of interest: land-atmosphere interactions.

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117. Tom Voigt

     Associate Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences

     S-410 Turner Hall

     (217) 333-7847, tvoigt@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=314

     Areas of interest: grass production and management systems.

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120. Michelle Wander

     Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

     N-225 Turner Hall

     (217) 333-9471, mwander@nres.uiuc.edu

     http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/Dynamic.aspx?PageId=118&DirectoryId=315

     Areas of interest: soil biology; food crop systems.

121. Xinlei Wang

     Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

     332 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

     (217) 333-4446, xwang2@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/xwang2/xwang2.asp

     Areas of interest: renewable energy systems.

122. Bryan A. White

     Professor of Animal Sciences and Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)

     460 Animal Sciences Laboratory

     (217) 333-2091, bwhite44@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.nutrsci.uiuc.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.

123. Jack Widholm

     Emeritus Professor of Crop Sciences

     285A Edward R. Madigan Research Laboratory (ERML)

     (217) 333-9462, widholm@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.cropsci.uiuc.edu/faculty/

     Areas of interest: plant physiology and molecular biology, transformation of Miscanthus, soybeans, maize; Arabidopsis and tobacco and metabolomics.

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128. Qin Zhang

     Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

     360n Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

     (217) 333-9419, qinzhang@express.cites.uiuc.edu

     http://www.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/qzhang/qzhang.asp

     Areas of interest: computer-aided farming systems; biodiesels; feedstock harvest for biofuels.

129. Yuanhui Zhang

     Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

     332 B Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

     (217) 333-2693, yzhang1@uiuc.edu

     http://age-web.age.uiuc.edu/faculty/yhz/yhz.asp

     Areas of interest: hydrothermal processing of biomass to crude oil.

130. Huimin Zhao

     Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

     215 Roger Adams Laboratory, Box C-3

     (217) 333-2631, zhao5@uiuc.edu

     http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/Faculty/zhao.php

     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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