| Agblevor, Foster | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Biological Systems Engineering | fagblevo@vt.edu | Biofuel Production, Biorefinery
Biorefinery Site Selection (land use, infrastructure, economic value)
Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing | Biodiesel
Other biomaterials (wood, alternatives, etc) |
| Beers, Eric | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Horticulture | ebeers@vt.edu | Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics |
| Chen-Jiann-Shin | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Biochemistry | chenjs@vt.edu | Biofuel Production, Biorefinery | Microbial physiology |
| Fike, John | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences | jfike@vt.edu | Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Environmental Issues with feedstock production
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock production management, sustainability
Nutrient inventory and land requirements |
| Flinn, Barry | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | IALR/Horticulture/Forestry | barry.flinn@ialr.org | Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics |
| Griffey, Carl | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences | cgriffey@vt.edu | Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics |
| Iqbal, M. Javed | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | IALR/Horticulture/Forestry | mjiqbal@ialr.org | Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics |
| Moffitt, Ron | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VT/AAPPI (IALR) | rmoffitt@vt.edu | Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing | Feedstock production management, sustainability |
| Nowak, Jerzy | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Horticulture | jenowak@vt.edu | Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics
Feedstock production management, sustainability |
| Parrish, David | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences | dparrish@vt.edu | Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Environmental Issues with feedstock production
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops) | Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics
Feedstock harvest, handling, transport, and storage
Feedstock production management, sustainability |
| Thomason, Wade | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences | wthomaso@vt.edu | Education, Workforce Development (educational materials, strategies) | |
| Wen, Zhiyou | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Biological Systems Engineering | wenz@vt.edu | Bioproducts, By-products (including distillers grain)
Economics of Bioenergy and By-Products Production
Economics of Feedstock Production and Handling
Education, Workforce Development (educational materials, strategies)
Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Environmental Issues with feedstock production
Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing
Public Issues and Perception, Community Leadership | Feedstock pretreatment |
| Zhang, Percival | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Biological Systems Engineering | ypzhang@vt.edu | Biofuel Production, Biorefinery
Economics of Feedstock Production and Handling
Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing | Alcohols (eg, ethanol, butanol, mixed alcohols)
Feedstock pretreatment
Fermentation |