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Contact information for NREL's biomass research staff is listed by functional area. You can find out more about a researcher's specific area of expertise by selecting a name.

Management Team

Technology and Research Areas

Administrative and Support Areas

Management Team

Mike Cleary, National Bioenergy Center Director
Al Darzins, Applied Sciences Group Manager
Jim McMillan, Biorefining Process R&D Group Manager

Helena Chum, Research Fellow
Tom Milne, Emeritus
Dan Blake, Principal Scientist
Phil Shepard, Special Projects

Technology and Research Areas

Process Integration and Operations R&D

Dan Schell – Supervisor
William Bray (nt)
Jody Farmer
Calvin Feik
Jane Fisher
Katie Gaston
Ray Hansen
Wesley Hjelm
Erik Kuhn
Bob Lyons
Michael Sprague (nt)
Jason Thibodeaux

Biochemical Process R&D

Rick Elander – Supervisor
Greg Beckham
Yun Ji (pD)
Ali Mohagheghi
Nick Nagle
Christine Roche
David Sievers
Kevin Smeiles (lw)
Jonathan Stickel
Melvin Tucker
Noah Weiss

Thermochemical Process R&D

Mark Davis – Supervisor (Acting)
Daniel Carpenter
Stefan Czernik
Richard French
Jason Hrdlicka
Marc Pomeroy
Jim Stunkel

Applied Biology

Phil Pienkos – Supervisor
Yat-Chen Chou
Nancy Dowe
Mary Ann Franden
Eric Jarvis
Ed Jennings
Eric Knoshaug
Jeff Linger (pD)
Andrew Lowell
Gary McMillen
Ryan Sestric
Arjun Singh
Min Zhang
Mildred Zuccarello

Biomass Analysis

Ed Wolfrum – Supervisor
David Crocker
Erik Fisk
Deb Hyman
William Michener
Ryan Ness
Courtney Payne
Darren Peterson
Raymond Ruiz
Chris Scarlata
Amie Sluiter
Justin Sluiter
David Templeton
Jeffrey Wolfe

Biorefinery Process Analysis

Rich Bain – Supervisor
Andy Aden
Dan Blake
Abhjit Dutta
Cindy Gerk
David Hsu
Christopher Kinchin
Steve Phillips
Joan Tarud
Bob Wallace – Analysis Area Lead

Exploratory Research

Mark Davis – Supervisor
David Asting (ra)
Stuart Black
Lintao Bu (pD)
Singfoong Cheah (nt)
Crissa Doeppke
Whitney Jablonski
Rui Katahira (pD)
Kim Magrini-Bair
Luc Moens
Michelle Myers
Mark Nimlos
Heidi Pilath
David Robichaud (pD)
Rob Sykes
Matt Yung
Angela Ziebel (nt)

Administrative and Support Areas

Partnerships and Business Development

John Ashworth – Team Leader
Steve Gorin

Administrative Support

Vickie Healey – Supervisor
Chelsea Blake
Billie Christen
Jim Duffield
Leslee Pohle
Dee Scheaffer
Ann Spurrier
Judy Strasbaugh

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