Co-Investigators

Seungdo Kim

Co-Investigator in Integrated Systems Modeling

Associate Research Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University

Keywords: LCA Modeling

Alexandra Kravchenko

Team Lead of Sustainable Environmental Performance

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

Keywords: Sustainability, Soil Pores, Microscopy, Carbon Cycling

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

Douglas Landis

Co-Investigator in Sustainable Environmental Performance

University Distinguished Professor of Entomology, Michigan State University

Keywords: Sustainability, Biodiversity, Arthropods

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

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Productivity & Microbiome

Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University

Keywords: microbiome assembly, microbe-microbe interactions

David Lowry

Team Lead in Bioenergy Crop Productivity & Microbiome

Associate Professor of Plant Biology, Michigan State University

Keywords: Sustainability, Feedstocks, Switchgrass Cold Tolerance, Genotype

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, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for 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

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

Rebecca Ong

Co-Investigator in Feedstock Variability & Processing

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Keywords: Deconstruction, Hydrolysate Production, AFEX

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

John Ralph

Co-Investigator in Bioenergy Crop Design

Professor of Biochemistry, Affiliate Faculty of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Feedstocks, Lignin, Lignin Depolymerization

Vatsan Raman

Co-Investigator in Biodesign

Associate Professor of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Protein Design

G Philip Robertson

Team Lead of Sustainable Environmental Performance

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

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

Philip Romero

Co-Investigator in Biodesign

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry , University of Wisconsin–Madison

Keywords: Conversion, Microfuidics