About Our Center

Mission

The GLBRC's mission is grand, but simply stated: to perform the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to ethanol and other advanced biofuels.

OUR RESEARCH AT A GLANCE:

IMPROVED PLANTS: Developing and optimizing improved biofuel feedstocks or energy crops for conversion into sustainable fuel.

IMPROVED PROCESSING: Developing integrated approaches to biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis that will generate easily fermentable sugar streams.

IMPROVED CATALYSTS: Improving microbial and chemical methods for conversion of cellulosic biomass into ethanol, advanced biofuels, or other chemical feedstocks that can replace fossil fuels.

SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY PRACTICES: Understanding and mitigating bottlenecks in environmental and socioeconomic sustainability of biofuels, and optimizing tradeoffs and profitability for policy development.