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Regional Experts by State

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Agblevor, Foster
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Biological Systems Engineering

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General Expertise:

Biofuel Production, Biorefinery
Biorefinery Site Selection (land use, infrastructure, economic value)
Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing

Specific Expertise:

Biodiesel
Other biomaterials (wood, alternatives, etc)

Beers, Eric
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Horticulture

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General Expertise:

Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics

Chen-Jiann-Shin
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Biochemistry

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General Expertise:

Biofuel Production, Biorefinery

Specific Expertise:

Microbial physiology

Fike, John
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences

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General Expertise:

Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Environmental Issues with feedstock production
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock production management, sustainability
Nutrient inventory and land requirements

Flinn, Barry
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

IALR/Horticulture/Forestry

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General Expertise:

Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics

Griffey, Carl
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences

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General Expertise:

Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics

Iqbal, M. Javed
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

IALR/Horticulture/Forestry

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General Expertise:

Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics

Moffitt, Ron
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

VT/AAPPI (IALR)

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General Expertise:

Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock production management, sustainability

Nowak, Jerzy
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Horticulture

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General Expertise:

Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics
Feedstock production management, sustainability

Parrish, David
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences

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General Expertise:

Environmental Issues with Biofuel Production
Environmental Issues with feedstock production
Feedstocks (dedicated energy crops)

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock breeding, genetics, and genomics
Feedstock harvest, handling, transport, and storage
Feedstock production management, sustainability

Thomason, Wade
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences

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General Expertise:

Education, Workforce Development (educational materials, strategies)

Specific Expertise:
Wen, Zhiyou
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Biological Systems Engineering

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General Expertise:

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

Specific Expertise:

Feedstock pretreatment

Zhang, Percival
                                           State = VA

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Biological Systems Engineering

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General Expertise:

Biofuel Production, Biorefinery
Economics of Feedstock Production and Handling
Feedstock Preparation and Pre-Processing

Specific Expertise:

Alcohols (eg, ethanol, butanol, mixed alcohols)
Feedstock pretreatment
Fermentation