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DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts research

Posted at 5:17 pm July 17, 2017
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Gerald Tuskan will serve as chief executive officer of the new ORNL-led Center for Bioenergy Innovation, one of four DOE bioenergy research centers. (Photo by ORNL)

Gerald Tuskan will serve as chief executive officer of the new ORNL-led Center for Bioenergy Innovation, one of four DOE bioenergy research centers. (Photo by ORNL)

 

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers to accelerate the development of specialty plants and processes for a new generation of biofuels and bioproducts.

The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is one of four bioenergy centers chosen by DOE to advance a new biobased economy with the production of fuels and other products directly from nonfood biomass. The DOE announcement provides a total of $40 million in initial funding for the four centers in fiscal year 2018, with plans for a total five years of funding, a press release said.

The new centers follow the success of predecessor Bioenergy Research Centers established by DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research within DOE’s Office of Science in 2007. The ORNL-led BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), for instance, has demonstrated scientific breakthroughs in its mission to overcome the natural resistance of plants to being broken down and converted into useful bioproducts.

“Our team of leading researchers is excited to use new approaches in biology to address the basic research challenges in developing real-world applications in the future sustainable bioeconomy,” said CBI Chief Executive Officer Gerald Tuskan. Tuskan, an ORNL Corporate Fellow, led the sequencing of the genome of Populus—a fast-growing perennial tree recognized for its potential in biofuels production—as well as the largest study of natural diversity in poplar trees for BESC. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: BESC, bioenergy center, Bioenergy Research Center, Bioenergy Research Centers, BioEnergy Science Center, biofuels, bioproducts, bioproducts research, CBI, Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Colorado State University, Dartmouth College, DOE, Gerald Tuskan, GreenWood Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Moe Khaleel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, ORNL, Pennsylvania State University, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Thomas Zacharia, U.S. Department of Energy, University of California–Riverside, University of Colorado–Boulder, University of Georgia, University of North Texas, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin–Madison, West Virginia University

ORNL’s Keller, Babu, Hazen elected AAAS fellows

Posted at 10:00 am November 26, 2013
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ORNL Martin Keller, Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, and Terry Clyde Hazen

Martin Keller, associate director for energy and environmental sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs Suresh Babu and Terry Hazen have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Photos courtesy ORNL)

The associate laboratory director for Energy and Environmental Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and two University of Tennessee-ORNL Governor’s Chair researchers are among the newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

EES Associate Laboratory Director Martin Keller and Governor’s Chairs Sudarsanam Suresh Babu and Terry Clyde Hazen will receive the highest honor bestowed by members of the AAAS on their peers. AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Keller came to ORNL in 2006 from Diversa Corporation, where he held a series of research management positions. He was cited by his AAAS peers for “distinguished contributions to bioenergy science, and for dynamic and inspiring leadership of innovative partnerships to advance the development and deployment of clean energy technologies.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bioenergy Research Center, BioEnergy Science Center, Energy and Environmental Sciences, Governor's Chair, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, science, Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, Terry Clyde Hazen, U.S. Department of Energy, University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee-ORNL Governor's Chair in Advanced Manufacturing, UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Environmental Biotechnology

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