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Shawn Archibeque
Department: Animal Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6649
Email: shawn.archibeque@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Uses and effects of distillers grains and other biofuels byproducts on animal health and the environment

J Lucas Argueso
Department: Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
College: Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 970.491.3681
Email: lucas.argueso@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biomass conversion
Research: Functional genomics of industrial biofuel yeast strains; development of advanced yeast strains for bioethanol production


Jill Baron
Department: Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
College: Warner College of Natural Resources
Phone: 970.491.1968
Email: Jill.Baron@ColoState.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Carbon and nitrogen cycling in the environment


Pat Bedinger
Department: Biology
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.2879
Email: bedinger@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Protein engineering

Michele Betsill
Department: Political Science
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 970.491.5270
Email: m.betsill@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy and environmental policy

Craig Bond
Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6951
Email: Craig.Bond@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Agricultural economics, environmental economics, and natural resource economics, especially relating to the interactions among the three fields

Jennifer Bond
Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.3299
Email: Jennifer.Bond@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Analysis of real-world data to determine ways that individual producers and groups can add value to their market offerings and organizations

Thomas Borch
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6235
Email: Thomas.Borch@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Fate and transport of biofuels in soil and water

Pat Byrne
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6985
Email: patrick.byrne@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Crop sciences
Research: Quantitative and molecular genetics for crop improvement

Eugene Chen
Department: Chemistry
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.5609
Email: Eugene.chen@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biomass conversion
Research: chemical catalysis for biomass conversion into biofuels and feedstock chemicals and for bioplastic production from renewable resources

Stephen Chisholm
Department: Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6824
Email: stephen.chisholm@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Community dynamics and pest management in algae production systems

Francesca Cotrufo
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6056
Email: Francesca.cotrufo@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Biochar, C sequestration and residues decomposition

David Dandy
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.7437
Email: david.dandy@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Product engineering/combustion
Research: Combustion modeling

Sandra Davis
Department: Political Science
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 970.491.5281
Email: sandra.davis@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy policy

Susan De Long
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.6606
Email: susan.de_long@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Conversion
Research: Molecular biology tools, Bioenergy generation, Biological water and wastewater treatment, Bioremediation, Anaerobic digestion, Graywater treatment

Robert Duffy
Department: Political Science
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 970.491.5157
Email: robert.duffy@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy policy

Christopher Goemans
Department: Agriculture and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970-491-7261
Email: christopher.goemans@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Water Resource Economics
Research: Water reallocation; municipal water use; agricultural water use, and water conservation.

Gregory Graff
Department: Agriculture and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970-491-4028
Email: gregory.graff@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Economic Assessment
Research: Intellectual property and genetics; patent landscape analysis of industry sectors; technology transfer by universities; regulatory environment and introduction of new technologies

Chuck Henry
Department: Chemistry
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.1872
Email: chuck.henry@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biomass conversion
Research: Lipid assessment methods


Dana Hoag
Department: Agriculture and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.5549
Email: dhoag@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Economics assessment
Research: Economics of agricultural production systems, related natural resources and policy, including soil, water, energy, and ecosytem services


Courtney Jahn
Department: Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6741
Email: Courtney.Jahn@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Biomass feedstock improvement


Jerry Johnson
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.1450
Email: jerry.johnson@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Crop sciences
Research: Alternative crops and cropping systems

Catherine Keske
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.7346
Email: catherine.keske@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy economics and policy, biomass, anaerobic digestion, high alpine ecosystems, and non-market valuation  

Amber Krummel
Department: Chemistry
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.3694
Email: Amber.Krummel@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Conversion, Production
Research: Charge transport in polyelectrolyte membranes

Nora Lapitan
Department: Soil and Crop Sciences
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.1921
Email: Nora.Lapitan@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Plant breeding

Gary Maciel
Department: Chemistry
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6480
Email: maciel@lamar.colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biomass conversion
Research: Biomass pretreatment, heterogenous catalysis

Anthony Marchese
Department: Mechanical Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.2328
Email: anthony.marchese@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Product engineering/combustion
Research: Experimental and modeling studies of biofuels combustion

John McKay
Department: Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.5730
Email: jkmckay@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Understanding of the genetic basis of traits involved in adaptation to particular stresses (e.g., drought) for both applied (crop breeding, conservation, invasive species) and theoretical questions in ecology and evolution.

June Medford
Department: Biology
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970-491-7865
Email: june.medford@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: Plant molecular biology and signal transduction; genetic engineering of synthetic gene systems in plants, and specifically engineering in planta a synthetic ability to control hydrolases---the ability to break the cell wall down to useful components-- using synthetic gene circuit design and plant targeting mechanisms.

Dennis Ojima
Department: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
College: Natural Resources
Phone: 491-1976
Email: Dennis.Ojima@ColoState.EDU
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Ecosystem modeling; environmental policy

Daniel Olsen
Department: Mechanical Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 491-3580
Email: daniel.olsen@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Product engineering/combustion
Research: Bio-gas in industrial gas engines, exhaust aftertreatment

Susan Opp
Department: Political Science
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 491-2936
Email: susan.opp@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Environmental Policy, policy analysis, public administration, and economic development policies

William J Parton
Department: Natrual Resource Ecology Lab
College: Natural Resources
Phone: 491-1987
Email: William.Parton@ColoState.EDU
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Ecosystem modeling of greenhouse gas budgets for agricultural systems

Christie Peebles
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 491-6779
Email: christie.peebles@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biomass conversion
Research: Metabolic engineering for the production of biofuels and biochemicals

Graham Peers
Department: Biology
College: College of Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6868
Email: graham.peers@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant Biotechnology
Research: Photosynthesis, photosynthetic efficiency of algae and cyanobacteria

James Pritchett
Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 491-5496
Email: James.Pritchett@ColoState.EDU
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Agricultural economics

A.S.N. Reddy
Department: Biology
College: Natural Sciences
Phone: 970.491.5773
Email: reddy@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant Biotechnology
Research: Regulation of gene expression; cell wall synthesis and degradation

Kyle Saunders
Department: Political Sciences
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 970.491.5751
Email: kyle.saunders@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy Policy

Sybil Sharvelle
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.6081
Email: sybil.sharvelle@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Bioconversion
Research: Biogas production; conversion of municipal and agricultural wastes

Christopher Snow
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.5276
Email: christopher.snow@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Biocatalysis/Saccharification
Research: Computational protein engineering, cellulase redesign, engineering of crystalline enzyme materials, protein structure

Jorge Vivanco
Department: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
College: Agricultural Sciences
Phone: 491-7170
Email: j.vivanco@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Plant biotechnology
Research: molecular basis of root secretion of phytochemicals; enzyme bioprospecting

John Volckens
Department: Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
College: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 970.491.6341
Email: john.volckens@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Product engineering/combustion; Assessment
Research: Health effects of combustion byproducts of biofuels

Matthew Wallenstein
Department: Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory/Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
College: Warner College of Natural Resources
Phone: 970.491.1623
Email: matthew.wallenstein@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Conversion
Research: Microbial Ecology, Decomposition, Biogeochemistry, Soil

Stephan Weiler
Department: Economics
College: Liberal Arts
Phone: 970.491.5421
Email: stephan.weiler@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Assessment
Research: Energy and environmental economics

Bryan Willson
Department: Mechanical Engineering
College: Engineering
Phone: 970.491.4783
Email: bryan.willson@colostate.edu
Focus Area: Product engineering/combustion; Bioconversion
Research: Biofuel properties and engine testing; cost-effective algal cultivation systems

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