Leadership
- Hua Zhao
Department head
- Ulrike Tschirner
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 | |
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Abdennour Abbas Associate Professor |
Bionanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Rapid Diagnostics, Food Safety |
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Min M Addy Research Associate Professor |
Food Safety, Food Processing, and Renewable Energy |
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Brett Barney Associate Professor |
Biofuels and high value chemicals from bacteria and algae, Biofertilizers for aquaculture and nitrogen based agriculture |
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Mrinal Bhattacharya Professor |
Biodegradable polymers, tissue engineering, nanobiosensors |
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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. |
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Paul Chen Research Professor |
Food and bioprocessing engineering, healthy and functional foods, liquid and solid waste management and utilization, and renewable energy and bioproducts |
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Erin Cortus Associate Professor, Extension Engineer |
Sustainable Livestock Production |
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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 |
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Rebecca Forman Teaching Assistant Professor |
Erosion prevention and stormwater quality |
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Jason Hill Professor |
Air quality; Bioenergy; Climate change; Energy; Food; Life cycle assessment; Sustainability |
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Bo Hu Professor |
Bioprocess development, Environmental remediation |
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Peter Huajiang Huang Research Associate Professor |
Process Modeling & Analysis, Product Separation/Purification, Biorefineries |
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Patrick Huelman Associate Extension Professor |
Building Science, Building Systems, Building Performance, High-Performance Homes, Energy Systems, Residential Ventilation, Energy Efficient Design, Building Durability, Indoor Air Quality |
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Natalie Hunt Teaching Assistant Professor |
Food Systems, Systems Thinking, Alternative Cropping Systems, Life Cycle Analysis, Sustainability Literacy, Quantitative Literacy, Cropping System Diversification |
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Forrest Izuno Professor |
Value-added crops/cropping systems, social and economic improvements for rural areas. Agricultural Production System Resilience, BMPs for Agricultural Water Quality, and Application for Plasma in the Liquid Phase. |
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Kevin Janni Professor, Extension Engineer |
Ventilation and air quality |
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Zhenong Jin Assistant 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. |
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Christian Lenhart Research Associate Professor |
I work on ecological restoration and management practices in relation to hydrologic and water quality benefits. |
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Joe Magner Research Professor |
Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Exploring the ecological connect between increased precipitation and groundwater. |
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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 |
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John Nieber Professor |
Hydrologic processes simulation and modeling, impact of land use activities on water quality |
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Shri Ramaswamy Professor |
Biomass Conversion and Utilization, Renewable Energy, Bioprocessing |
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Roger Ruan Professor and Director |
Renewable Engineering and Environment, and Food Engineering |
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Gary R Sands Professor |
Water management and quality for agricultural systems |
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Steve Severtson Professor |
Coatings and adhesives, polymer films |
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Vasudha Sharma Assistant Extension Professor |
Irrigation water management |
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Timothy Smith Professor |
Corporate sustainability, product stewardship, sustainable systems policy and market adoption |
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Ulrike Tschirner Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies |
Biomass conversion, Bioplastics, Renewable Energy, Pulping, Bleaching |
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William Tai Yin Tze Associate Professor |
Nanocellulose/nanocomposites, materials and adhesives from biomass solid wastes |
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Ping Wang Professor |
Nanobiotechnology, biocatalysts for biotransformation, Bio-based and bio-active materials; biosensors Our research explores biocatalysis engineered with nanoscale technology to embrace growing challenges faced in sustainability development, including environment protection and bioresource utilization, food safety and precise agriculture, green energy and health industries. |
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Bruce Wilson Professor |
Water Resources and Ecological Engineering |
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Ce Yang Associate Professor |
Precision Agriculture, High-throughput Phenotyping, Remote Sensing, Drone Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning. |
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Jiwei Zhang Assistant Professor |
System biology; Genome editing and large-scale phenotyping; Genetic engineering; Plant biomass conversion; Wood decay fungi; Bioremediation. |
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Hua Zhao Head and Professor |
Biocatalysis, biomass utilization, biofuel, biopolymer, coal liquefaction, ionic liquids
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Adjunct & Teaching Faculty
Name | Areas of Interest | |
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Charles Abbas Adjunct Professor |
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Yanling Cheng Adjunct Associate Professor |
Renewable energy and wastewater treatment, food wastes digestion and compost for fertilizers, and food safety |
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Holly Dolliver Adjunct Professor |
Soil health, soil physics, soil pedology, geomorphology |
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Qinghuang Charles Geng Adjunct Professor |
Food processing, biotechnology, renewable energy, bio-engineering |
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Sara Heger Adjunct Assistant Professor, Research Associate |
Waste Treatment |
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Roman Kanivetsky Adjunct Professor |
Water resources, groundwater |
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Jeppe Kjaersgaard Adjunct Professor |
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Dharma Kodali Adjunct Professor |
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Brock Lundberg Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Food Processing, Agricultural based products |
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Cindy McComas Adjunct Associate Professor |
Sustainable business practices, pollution prevention, energy efficiency, water conservation, renewable energy, and industrial energy efficiency. |
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HS Muralidhara Adjunct Professor |
Biologics, membrane applications |
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Heidi Peterson Adjunct Professor |
Nutrient Management, Agricultural Soil and Water Conservation (Soil Health/Water Quality) |
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Joel Peterson Adjunct Assistant Professor |
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Srinivas Rallapalli Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Environmental and Ecological Engineering |
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Koray Sekeroglu Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Fluid handling components, Material testing, Plastic Failure Analysis |
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Udai Singh Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Stormwater management |
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Jerrold Winandy Adjunct Professor |
My research involves defining the mechanisms and effects of chemical, biological and thermal degradation of wood and biocomposites. Wood and Biocomposite Science and their Engineering Properties. |
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