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Nour Abdoulmoumine.

Nour Abdoulmoumine

Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science and Center for Renewable Carbon
Engineering; renewable feedstock; biomass; pyrolysis; gasification; biomass-derived gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; green hydrogen production; biofuel and biopower system process modeling
Zachary Burcham.

Zach Burcham

Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Microbiome, computational biology, microbial interactions, longitudinal studies, community assembly, environmental perturbation, microbial ecology
Seong-Hoon Cho.

Seong-Hoon Cho

Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics
Sustainability of agricultural and forested lands through the exploration of economic aspects related to land use, ecosystem service provision, and conservation science
Tom Gill.

Tom Gill

Smith Chair in International Sustainable Agriculture
Food systems, food and nutrition security, household decision-making, sustainable agroecological approaches
Denita Hadziabdic-Guerry.

Denita Hadziabdic-Guerry

Associate Professor, Entomology and Plant Pathology
Forest health and forest pathology, population genetics of fungal pathogens, conservation of native plants, molecular detection of pests/pathogens, phytobiome, and food security
David Harper.

David Harper

Professor, School of Natural Resources
Engineering, renewable feedstocks, biomass, recycling, processing, end-of-life product engineering
Qiang He.

Qiang He

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Renewable energy production, waste to energy processes, treatment and reuse of waste from energy industries, environmental impact of energy management practices
Becky Jacobs.

Becky Jacobs

Waller Lansden Distinguished Professor of Law
Interconnections between environmental and natural resources law, the built environment, and infrastructure; food policy and security; global public health law; rnvironmental law and international trade and business; gender and the law; and development issues
Sindhu Jagadamma.

Sindhu Jagadamma

Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science
Soil biogeochemistry, soil-plant-microbial interaction, soil health, ecosystem services, climate-smart agroecosystems
Niki Labbe.

Niki Labbé

Professor & Assistant Director, Center for Renewable Carbon
Circular bioeconomy, integrated biorefining, sustainable advanced manufacturing, green chemistry, bioenergy, bioderived chemicals and materials

Benjamin Leard

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics & Baker School of Public Policy & Public Affairs
Environmental and energy economics, climate change policy, transportation policy
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Mark Littmann

Hill Chair of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Medical Writing & Chancellor’s Professor, Journalism & Media
Science writing, science communication, history of science, science education, astronomy, nature, environment

Institute for Energy and Environment

Research Areas
Circular Bioeconomy,
Clean Energy Systems,
Engaged Communities,
Sustainable Environment, &
Sustainable Infrastructure
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