Bioenergy

The Energy Center partners with over 80 faculty from 4 colleges and 23 departments in a comprehensive approach to bioenergy research. Policy, economics, and environmental impacts are considered in concert with new technology development. Purdue Discovery Park's Bindley Biosciences and Birck Nanotechnology Centers along with the Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering (LORRE) provide leading edge analytical capabilities in support of the Energy Center's mission of facilitating large, multi-year, interdisciplinary research proposals.

Bioenergy Researchers

Layi Adeola, College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Rakesh Agrawal, College of Engineering–Chemical Engineering

Jody Banks, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

John Bickham, College of Agriculture–Forestry and Natural Resources

Sylvie Brouder, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Dennis Buckmaster, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Nick Carpita, College of Agriculture–Plant Pathology

Natalie Carroll, College of Agriculture–Youth Development

Clint Chapple, College of Agriculture–Biochemistry

Zhixiang Chen, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Graham Cooks, College of Science–Chemistry

Laszlo Csonka, College of Agriculture–Biological Sciences

Rebecca Doerge, College of Agriculture–Agronomy and Statistics

Frank Dooley, College of Agriculture–Agricultural Economics

Audeen Fentiman, College of Engineering–Nuclear Engineering

Tim Filley, College of Science–Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Ken Foster, College of Agriculture–Agricultural Economics

Phil Fuchs, College of Science–Chemistry

Stanton Gelvin, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Peter Goldsbrough, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Michael Gribskov, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Steve Hallett, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Avtar Handa, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Paul Hasegawa, College of Agriculture–Horticulture

Peter Hirst, College of Agriculture–Horticulture

Al Heber, College of Agriculture–Ag & Bio Engineering

Nancy Ho, College of Engineering–Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering

Klein Ileleji, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Scott Jackson, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Brad Joern, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Gurmukh Johal, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Don Jones, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Robert Kramer, College of Engineering, Calumet–Electrical and Computer Engineering

Sivakumar Krishnan, College of Engineering–Mechanical Engineering–IUPUI

Scott Lake, College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Michael Ladisch, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Mickey Latour, College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Linda Lee, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

John Lumkes, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Dirk Maier, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Maureen Mccaan, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Richard Meilan, College of Agriculture–Forestry and Natural Resources

Cary Mitchell, College of Agriculture–Horticulture

Yukiko Mizukami, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Nathan Mosier, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Angus Murphy, College of Agriculture–Horticulture

Larry Nies, College of Engineering–Civil Engineering

Joseph Ogas, College of Agriculture–Biochemistry

Phillip Owens, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

John Patterson, College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Barry Pittendrigh, College of Agriculture–Entomology

Phillip Pope, College of Agriculture–Forestry and Natural Resources

Li Qiao, College of Engineering–Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering

Scott Radcliffe, College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Ragu Raghothama, College of Agriculture–Horticulture

Sonny Ramaswamy, College of Agriculture

Doraiswamy Ramkrishna, College of Engineering–Chemical Engineering

Fred Regnier, College of Science–Chemistry

Brad Reuhs, College of Agriculture–Food Science

Allan Schinckel , College of Agriculture–Animal Sciences

Miroslav Sedlak, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Louis Sherman, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Garth Simpson, College of Science–Chemistry

Lori Snyder, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Chris Staiger, College of Science–Biological Sciences

Richard Stroshine, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Daniel Szymanski, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Bernard Tao, College of Agriculture–Agricultural and Biological Engineering

George Tsao, College of Engineering–Chemical Engineering

Mitch Tuinstra, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Ron Turco, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Wallace Tyner, College of Agriculture–Agricultural Economics

Arvind Varma, College of Engineering–Chemical Engineering

Jeff Volenec, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Tony Vyn, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Clifford Weil, College of Agriculture–Agronomy

Charles Woloshuk, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Jin-Rong Xu, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Michael Zanis, College of Agriculture–Botany and Plant Pathology

Fu Zhao, College of Engineering–Mechanical Engineering

Nancy Ho Honored as Lugar Energy Patriot

Each month, Senator Lugar profiles a student, professional, scholar, or member of the business community who has demonstrated leadership and initiative in taking concrete action to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. For the September 2007 issue, they recognized scientist Nancy Ho. The molecular biologist runs a genetics research group at Purdue University's Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE) integrative center for biotechnology and engineering, where she has spent her career enthusiastically developing the yeasts required to process cellulosic ethanol. Click Here to read more about this talented Boilermaker scientist - Congratulations, Nancy Ho!!!

Purdue's Extension BioEnergy Series provides answers to your questions on bioenergy, renewable fuels, ethanol, biodiesel, and DDGS.