Co-Investigators

Robert Landick

Science Director, Co-Investigator in Specialty Biofuels, Co-Investigator in Bioproducts, Co-Investigator in Biodesign, Co-Investigator in Microbial Optimization

Dr. Laurens Anderson Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Metabolic Engineering, Zymomonas

Tyler Lark

Co-Investigator in Integrated Systems Modeling

Scientist, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Atlas, Marginal Lands Modeling

Robert Last

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Productivity & Microbiome

Barnett Rosenberg Professor, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University

Keywords: Feedstocks, Sustainability, Metabolomics, Secondary Metabolisms

Sarah Lebeis

Team Lead of Bioenergy Crop Productivity & Microbiome

Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University

Keywords: microbiome assembly, microbe-microbe interactions

David Lowry

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Productivity & Microbiome

Associate Professor of Plant Biology, Michigan State University

Keywords: Sustainability, Feedstocks, Switchgrass Cold Tolerance, Genotype

Hiroshi Maeda

Co-Investigator

Professor of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and regulation; nitrogen metabolism; enzyme evolution; metabolic engineering

Shawn Mansfield

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Design

Professor, Department Head of Botany, University of British Columbia

Keywords: Feedstocks, Poplar, Lignin

Christos Maravelias

Co-Investigator in Integrated Systems Modeling

Anderson Family Professor in Energy and the Environment, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Chair, Princeton University

Keywords: Sustainability, TEA Modeling

John Mullet

Team Lead of Bioenergy Crop Design

Perry L. Adkisson Chair in Agricultural Biology, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University

Keywords: Feedstocks, Sorghum, genomics, gene regulatory networks, development, drought resilience

Kevin Myers

Computational Biology Team Lead

Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Bioinformatics Computational Science Multiomics

Daniel Noguera

Co-Investigator in Bioproducts, Co-Investigator in Microbial Optimization

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Lignin, Conversion Residue

Jason Peters

Co-Investigator in Biodesign, Co-Investigator in Microbial Optimization

Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Zymomonas, Genetic Engineering, CRISPRi

Brian Pfleger

Co-Investigator in Specialty Biofuels

Karen and William Monfre Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering

Vatsan Raman

Co-Investigator in Biodesign

Associate Professor of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Protein Design

G Philip Robertson

Co-Investigator in Sustainable Environmental Performance

University Distinguished Professor of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Keywords: Sustainability, Feedstocks, Soil, Carbon Cycling, Nitrogen Cycling

William Rooney

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Design

Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, Borlaug-Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement, Texas A&M University

Keywords: Feedstocks, Sorghum

Troy Runge

Team Lead of Feedstock Variability & Processing

Patrick Walsh & Noreen Warren Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and CALS Associate Dean for Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Deconstruction, Lignocellulose chemistry, Pulp and paper science

Trey Sato

Team Lead of Microbial Optimization, Co-Investigator in Specialty Biofuels

Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Yeast Metabolism, Fermentation, Chemical Genomics

Canan Sener

Co-Investigator in Feedstock Variability & Processing

Scientist III, Wisconsin Energy Institute , University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Deconstruction, Lignin depolymerization