Presentations from the 2007 Research Colloquium

Michael Carolan
Department of Sociology
"Key Challenges and Opportunities from a Sociological Perspective"

Robert Duffy
Department of Political Science
"Obstacles and Opportunities for Biofuels Policy"

Jan Leach
Department of Bioagricultural Science and Pest Management
"Rice: a Grass Model for Energy Crops"

Dan Bush
Department of Biology
"Biofuels: Challenges and Opportunities"
"Desirable Traits in New Energy Crops"

Stephen Koontz
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
"Commodity Markets and Biofuels: What Impacts are Here Now and What are Coming"

Ranil Wickramasinghe
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
"The Future Biorefinery"

James Linden
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
"Enzymatic Hydrology and Fermentation for Lignocellulose Bioconversions to Biofuels"

Patrick Byrne
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
"Harnessing Genetic Variation for Biofuels: the Role of Plant Breeding"

Keith Pausitan
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
"Biofuel Sustainability Avoiding the Train Wreck"