Leadership
- Hua Zhao
Department head - Bo Hu
Director of the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering undergraduate program - Omar Espinoza and Tim Smith
Co-Directors of the Sustainable Systems Management undergraduate program - Roger Ruan
Director of the Bioproducts and Biosystems Science, Engineering and Management graduate program
Faculty
Name | Areas of Interest | |
---|---|---|
Abdennour Abbas Associate Professor |
Bionanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Rapid Diagnostics, Food Safety |
[email protected] |
Min M Addy Research Associate Professor |
Food Safety, Food Processing, and Renewable Energy |
[email protected] |
Brett Barney Professor |
Biofuels and high value chemicals from bacteria and algae, Biofertilizers for aquaculture and nitrogen based agriculture |
[email protected] |
Mrinal Bhattacharya Professor |
Biodegradable polymers, tissue engineering, nanobiosensors |
[email protected] |
John Chapman Research Associate Professor, Director of Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program |
Erosion prediction, and storm water quality. Surface water quality impacts from soils and the built environment and the interaction of fluids and particulate matter. |
[email protected] |
Paul Chen Research Professor |
Food and bioprocessing engineering, healthy and functional foods, liquid and solid waste management and utilization, and renewable energy and bioproducts |
[email protected] |
Rui Cheng Assistant Professor |
Remote Sensing, Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Hyperspectral Imaging, Land-Climate Feedbacks, Surface Process Modeling |
[email protected] |
Veluchamy Chitraichamy Research Assistant Professor |
Renewable Energy, Biomass Utilization and Conversion, Waste Valorization, Circular Bioeconomy |
[email protected] |
Erin Cortus Associate Professor, Extension Engineer |
Sustainable Livestock Production |
[email protected] |
Omar Espinoza Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor |
Marketing and Management of Biobased Products, Circular Economy, Process Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Performance Measurement, Product Development, Environmental certification |
[email protected] |
Rebecca Forman Teaching Assistant Professor |
Erosion prevention and stormwater quality |
[email protected] |
Jason Hill Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
Air quality; Bioenergy; Climate change; Energy; Food; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability |
[email protected] |
Bo Hu Professor |
Bioprocess development, Environmental remediation |
[email protected] |
Peter Huajiang Huang Research Associate Professor |
Process Modeling & Analysis, Product Separation/Purification, Biorefineries |
[email protected] |
Patrick Huelman Teaching Associate Professor |
Building Science, Building Systems, Building Performance, High-Performance Homes, Energy Systems, Residential Ventilation, Energy Efficient Design, Building Durability, Indoor Air Quality |
[email protected] |
Natalie Hunt Teaching Assistant Professor |
Food Systems, Systems Thinking, Alternative Cropping Systems, Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainability Literacy, Quantitative Literacy, Cropping System Diversification |
[email protected] |
Christian Lenhart Research Associate Professor |
I work on ecological restoration and management practices in relation to hydrologic and water quality benefits. |
[email protected] |
Joe Magner Research Professor |
Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Exploring the ecological connect between increased precipitation and groundwater. |
[email protected] |
Beth Nelson Research Associate Professor, Director, North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program |
Local and sustainable food system, sustainable ag systems and practices |
[email protected] |
John Nieber Professor |
Hydrologic processes simulation and modeling, impact of land use activities on water quality |
[email protected] |
Shri Ramaswamy Professor |
Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Renewable Energy, Bioprocessing |
[email protected] |
Roger Ruan Professor and Director |
Renewable Engineering and Environment, and Food Engineering |
[email protected] |
Gary R Sands Professor |
Water management and quality for agricultural systems |
[email protected] |
Steve Severtson Professor |
Coatings and adhesives, polymer films |
[email protected] |
Vasudha Sharma Assistant Extension Professor |
Irrigation water management |
[email protected] |
Timothy Smith Professor |
Corporate sustainability, product stewardship, sustainable systems policy and market adoption |
[email protected] |
Ulrike Tschirner Professor |
Biomass conversion, Bioplastics, Renewable Energy, Pulping, Bleaching |
[email protected] |
William Tai Yin Tze Associate Professor |
Nanocellulose/nanocomposites, materials and adhesives from biomass solid wastes |
[email protected] |
Bo Wang Assistant Professor |
Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Biomanufacturing, Renewable Energy |
[email protected] |
Grace Wilson Research Assistant Professor |
Water quality, hydrologic modeling, soil health, erosion prediction |
[email protected] |
Ce Yang Associate Professor |
Precision Agriculture, High-throughput Phenotyping, Remote Sensing, Drone Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning. |
[email protected] |
Jiwei Zhang Assistant Professor |
System biology; Genome editing and large-scale phenotyping; Genetic engineering; Plant biomass conversion; Wood decay fungi; Bioremediation. |
[email protected] |
Hua Zhao Head and Professor |
Biocatalysis, biomass utilization, biofuel, biopolymer, coal liquefaction, ionic liquids |
[email protected] |
Adjunct & Teaching Faculty
Name | Areas of Interest | |
---|---|---|
Charles Abbas Adjunct Professor |
Bioprocess engineering |
[email protected] |
Yanling Cheng Adjunct Professor |
Renewable energy and wastewater treatment, food wastes digestion and compost for fertilizers, and food safety |
[email protected] |
Holly Dolliver Adjunct Professor |
Soil health, soil physics, soil pedology, geomorphology |
[email protected] |
Walter Eschenaur Adjunct Professor |
Water resources engineering |
[email protected] |
Gary Feyereisen Adjunct Associate Professor |
Biogeochemistry, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Crops |
[email protected] |
Qinghuang Charles Geng Adjunct Professor |
Food processing, biotechnology, renewable energy, bio-engineering |
[email protected] |
Sara Heger Adjunct Assistant Professor, Research Associate |
Waste Treatment |
[email protected] |
Patrick Huelman Adjunct Faculty, Teaching Associate Professor |
Building Science, Building Systems, Building Performance, High-Performance Homes, Energy Systems, Residential Ventilation, Energy Efficient Design, Building Durability, Indoor Air Quality |
[email protected] |
Zhenong Jin Adjunct Professor |
Mapping agriculture features using high-resolution satellite imagery, forecasting crop yields, integrating crop models with remote sensing for precision nitrogen management, impacts of climate change on agroecosystem, digital and precision agriculture. |
[email protected] |
Roman Kanivetsky Adjunct Professor |
Water resources, groundwater |
[email protected] |
Jeppe Kjaersgaard Adjunct Professor |
Agricultural water management |
[email protected] |
Dharma Kodali Adjunct Professor |
Byproduct utilization of renewable raw materials for food and industrial applications, bioplasticizers |
[email protected] |
Brock Lundberg Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Food Processing, Agricultural based products |
[email protected] |
HS Muralidhara Adjunct Professor |
Biologics, membrane applications |
[email protected] |
Heidi Peterson Adjunct Professor |
Nutrient Management, Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation (Soil Health/Water Quality) |
[email protected] |
Joel Peterson Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Agricultural Engineering Technology |
[email protected] |
Srinivas Rallapalli Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Environmental and ecological engineering |
[email protected] |
Koray Sekeroglu Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Fluid handling components, material testing, plastic failure analysis |
[email protected] |
Udai Singh Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Stormwater management |
[email protected] |
Ping Wang Adjunct Professor |
Biochemical engineering |
[email protected] |
Jerrold Winandy Adjunct Professor |
Biocomposites and Wood Chemistry |
[email protected] |