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  • INDIAN CONSORTIUM

    Vipul Baria WP1 Senior Executive, R & D Abellon Clean Energy Limited Ahmedabad, India vipul.baria@abellonagrinet.com Related Work:  Multi-location studies, vegetative propagation of bamboo, development of logistics for feedstock

    Bharat Gami WP1 Manager, R & D Abellon Clean Energy Limited Ahmedabad, India bharat.gami@abelloncleanenergy.com Related Work:  Feedstock improvement, identification of locally adapted cultivars, optimization and large-scale production of bamboo, pearl millet and sorghum.

    S.K. Gupta WP1 Senior Scientist (Pearl Millet Breeding) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India s.gupta@cigar.org Related Work: Identification of high biomass Pearl millet cultivars for marginal lands, Pearl millet breeding and germplasm maintenance. Inbred development.

    Sudhanshu Jain WP1 Senior Scientist College of Agriculture Rajamata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV) Gwalior, India sudhanshujain07@yahoo.in Related Work: Pearl millet breeding

    Soundarapandian Kamaraj Co-Lead for WP1 and WP2 Professor Department of Bioenergy Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India Kamarajs@hotmail.com Related Work:  Biomethanation and thermochemical conversion of biomass

    C. Keerthi WP1 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India Related Work: Screening high biomass sorghum genotypes for drought tolerance and transcriptomic studies of the respective genotypes for identification of differential gene expression and genetic pathways conferring resistance to drought.

    S. Marimuthu WP1 Assistant Professor Agronomy Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India sm20@tnau.ac.in Related Work:  Evaluation of Biomass Sorghum Cultures

    Beena Patel Co-Lead for WP1 and WP3 Task Leader Senior General Manager Abellon Clean Energy Limited Ahmedabad, India beena.patel@abelloncleanenergy.com Related Work: Quality Management representative for Bio-pellets and organic bio-fertilizer standards & certification  at Abellon. Waste biomass harnessing and characterisation for application into downstream technology for production of valuable products like fuel, feed, organic chemicals, fertilizers.

    J.V. Patil WP1 Director Directorate for Sorghum Research (DSR) Hyderabad, India jvp@sorghum.res.in

    S.K. Chinna Ghouse Peera WP1 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India Related Work: Identification of high biomass Pearl millet cultivars for marginal lands, Pearl millet breeding and germplasm maintenance. Inbred development.

    Pinnamaneni Srinivasa Rao Co-PI and WP1 Task Leader Scientist (Sorghum Breeding) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India p.srinivasarao@cigar.org

    Laavanya Rayaprolu WP1 Research Scholar International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India Related Work: Compositional analysis and identification of low lignin lines for biofuel production in high biomass lines using fibretherm.

    Kirandeep Romana WP1 Research Associate (RA) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India Related Work: Screening of high biomass sorghum genotypes for nitrogen use efficiency studies.

    D.K. Shrivastava WP1 Senior Scientist College of Agriculture Rajamata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV) Indore, India shrivastavamedherbs@rediffmail.com Related Work: Sorghum breeding

    S.C. Srivastava WP1 Technical Officer College of Agriculture Rajamata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV) Gwalior, India sharad_eco@rediffmail.com Related Work: Pearl millet breeding

    Bakhtiyar Alam Syed WP1 Senior Research Fellow, R & D Abellon Clean Energy Limited Ahmedabad, India alam.syed@abelloncleanenergy.com Related Work:  Multi-location studies, salinity screening, identification of salt and drought resistant bamboo, soil and environment studies, molecular and genetic variation of bamboo.

    H.S. Talwar WP1                                         Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) Directorate for Sorghum Research (DSR) Hyderabad, India talwar@sorghum.res.in Related Work:  Climate change and abiotic stress management in sorghum

    A.V. Umakanth Co-Lead for WP1 Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) Directorate for Sorghum Research (DSR) Hyderabad, India umakanth@sorghum.res.in Related Work:  Genetic enhancement for high biomass and low lignin sorghums.

    K.S. Vinutha WP1 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Hyderabad, India Related Work: Conducting Multi-location trials (MLT) in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

    H.S. Yadava Co-Lead for WP1 Director of Research, College of Agriculture Rajamata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV) Gwalior, India drsrvskvv@rediffmail.com

    A.Yuvaraja WP1 Assistant Professor Plant breeding and Genetics Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India yugenetics@yahoo.com Related Work:  Maize breeding, germplasm maintenance and inbred development

    UNITED STATES CONSORTIUM

    Felix Fritschi Assistant Professor, Crop Physiology University of Missouri, Columbia FritschiF@missouri.edu

    Shibu Jose H.E. Garrett Endowed Professor & Director    Center for Agroforestry University of Missouri-Columbia joses@missouri.edu

    Wilfred Vermerris Co-Lead for WP1    Associate Professor Microbiology and Cell Science Department University of Florida wev@ufl.edu Related Work: Genetic improvement of bioenergy crops; plant cell wall biosynthesis, bio-nanotechnology.

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  • INDIA CONSORTIUM Gopal P. Agarwal Co-Lead for WP2 Professor - Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) Delhi, India gopal@iitd.ac.in Related Work: Membrane Technology K. Chandraraj Co-Lead for WP2 Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Chennai, India kcraj@iitd.ac.in Related Work: Fermentation; Recombinant enzymes C. Chandrasekhar WP2 Technical Officer Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India N. V. Choudary WP2 General Manager (Corporate R & D) Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology HPCL vcnettem@hpcl.co.in Sriganesh Gandham WP2 Executive Director - Refineries (Corporate R & D) HPCL gandham@hpcl.co.inn Soma Gupta WP2 Senior Research Fellow Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India Ahmed Kamal Indian Consortium Outstanding Scientist Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India ahmedkamal@iict.res.in Related Work: Biocatalysis and Biotransformation; Drug discovery; Cancer and anti-tubercular therapeutics Soundarapandian Kamaraj Co-Lead for WP1 and WP2 Professor Department of Bioenergy Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India kamarajs@hotmail.com Related Work:  Biomethanation and thermochemical conversion of biomass S. Karthikeyan WP2 Professor Department of Microbiology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India skarthy@tnau.ac.in Related Work:  Environmental biotechnology and biofuels C. Ganesh Kumar WP2 Task Leader, Senior Scientist Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India cgkumar@iict.res.in Related Work: Biocatalysis and Biotransformation; Fermentation & bioconversion; Bioactives; Biosurfactants M. Pradeep Kumar WP2 - Senior Scientist Chemical Engineering Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India mpk@iict.res.in Related Work:  Process development V.K. Naveen Kumar WP2 Project Assistant Chemical Engineering Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India Anirudh Teja Bhanu Nelabhotla WP2 Project Assistant Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India Balajepalli Nikhila WP2 Project Assistant Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India Reddy Shetty Prakasham WP2 Senior Principal Scientist Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Center CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India prakashamr@gmail.com Related Work:  Fermentation & bioconversion; Value added products D. Ramesh WP2 Professor Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India Ramesh.ramrahul@gmail.com Related Work:  Fermentation Peddy V. C. Rao Deputy General Manager- Corporate R&D Hindustan Petroleum Corporation drpvcrao@hpcl.co.in A. Uma Rao Co-Lead for WP2 Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad, India vedavathi1@gmail.com Related Work:  Fermentation; Biocatalysis; Value added products Dr. Nivedita Sahu WP2 - Scientist Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology(CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India nivedita@iict.res.in Related Work:  Applied Phycology; Biotransformations; Bioactives Dr. G. Sheelu WP2 Senior Technical Officer Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India U. Sivakumar WP2 Professor Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore, India usivakumartnau@gmail.com Related Work:  Fermentation & bioconversion; Fuels & chemicals from biomass Dr. S. Sridhar WP2 - Principal Scientist Chemical Engineering Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India s_sridhar@iict.res.in Related Work:  Process development; Membrane technology Mamilla Shyam Sunder WP2 Chemical Engineering Division CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India Harshad R. Velankar Co-Lead for WP2 Deputy Manager (Bioprocess Research, Corporate R & D) Hindustan Petroleum Corp., Ltd., (HPCL) Bangalore, India harshadrv@hpcl.co.in Related Work: Biobutanol fermentation V.V.N. Yaswanth WP2 Project Assistant Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Center CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad, India UNITED STATES CONSORTIUM Lonnie O. Ingram Distinguished Professor Microbiology and Cell Science Dept. Director Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Principal Scientist Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida ingram@ufl.edu Related Work: Genetic engineering of novel bacterial biocatalyst for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol fuels and other fermentation products which can replace imported petroleum. Greg Luli Consultant Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida sgluli@ufl.edu Ismael U. Nieves Senior Process Engineer Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida ismael.nieves@ufl.edu George O’Connor Professor Soil and Water Sciences Department University of Florida gao@ufl.edu Pratap Pullammanappallil Associate Professor Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department University of Florida pcpratap@ufl.edu K. Ramesh Reddy Graduate Research Professor and Chair Soil and Water Sciences Department University of Florida krr@ufl.edu William Sagues Director of Operations Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida wjsagues@ufl.edu Marco Fernandez Sandoval Process Engineer Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida tulio@ufl.edu KT Shanmugam Professor Microbiology and Cell Science Dept. Associate Director Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels University of Florida shan@ufl.edu Related Work: Genetics and regulation of nitrogen, hydrogen, and molybdate metabolism. Zhuoli Tian  Post-Doctoral  Researcher Stan Mayfield Integrated Pilot Plant University of Florida troytian@ufl.edu Zhaohui Tong Assistant Professor Agricultural & Biological Engineering Dept. University of Florida ztong@ufl.edu Related Work: Development of a full range of products that include novel polymers that can be produced from biomass, and nanoparticle development. Amir Varshovi President Green Technologies LLC gtinc@bellsouth.net Ann Wilkie Professor Soil and Water Sciences Department University of Florida acwilkie@ufl.edu

     

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  • INDIA CONSORTIUM

    Mahesh Gajjar Co-lead, Baseline survey in Gujarat Head, Poornakumbha Gramin Development Foundation mahesh.gajjar@poornakumbha.org Related Work: Social development: specialized in rural dynamics, social marketing and participatory rural appraisal.

    Beena Patel Co-Lead for WP1 and WP3 Task Leader Senior General Manager Abellon Clean Energy Limited Ahmedabad, India beena.patel@abelloncleanenergy.com Related Work: Quality Management representative for Bio-pellets and organic bio-fertilizer standards & certification  at Abellon. Waste biomass harnessing and characterisation for application into downstream technology for production of valuable products like fuel, feed, organic chemicals, fertilizers.

    Mallapu Gopinath Reddy Co-PD and Socio-Economic Analyses lead Professor, Center for Economic and Social Studies mgopinathreddy@gmail.com www.cess.ac.in www.rulnr.ac.in Related Work: Socio-economic and  impact analyses of community forest management; Implementation and impact analysis of Forest Right Act of India-2006; Technical study on selected NTFP based enterprise governance

    Baswapoor Suresh Reddy Co-lead Socio-economic and Ecological Analyses Associate Professor, Research Unit for Livelihood and Natural Resources, Center for Economic and Social Studies srihithasuresh@yahoo.com www.cess.ac.in www.rulnr.ac.in Related Work: Economic and  ecological Returns  from mrom Md socio-sLillet-based bio- diverse organic farms; Empirical analysis of non-pesticidal  management; Soil fertility  management in semi- arid India: livelihood, socio-cultural, economic and ecological dimensions; Economic and ecological returns from organic farms

    Smita Yadav Co-lead, LCA Analyses, Energy and Emission Estimations CDM Analyst Abellon CleanEnergy Ltd. Cdm.corp@abelloncleanenergy.com Related work: Developing projects and registration under UNFCCC CDM. And sustainability reporting.

    UNITED STATES CONSORTIUM

    Janaki Alavalapati Co-PD and WP3Leader Professor and Head, Department of Forest Resource and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic and State University jrra@vt.edu Related Work: Southern Forest for Future: Bioenergy metatheme; Bioenergy incentives and forest sustainability in the Southern U.S.; Bioenergy roadmap for Southern US: Impacts of bioenergy production on the conservation of wildlife habitat

    Jianbang Gan  Co-PD and Energy, Emission and Economic Analyses co-lead Professor of Forest Resource Management and Economics, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University j-gan@tamu.edu  Related Work: Forest product trade and forestland owner engagement; Enhancing southern pine climate change mitigation and adaptation; Location, scale and biomass feedstock production: economic and environmental perspectives

    Pankaj Lal Co-PD and Certification Standards and Protocols lead and Energy and Economic Analysis co-lead. Assistant Professor, Environmental Economics and Policy, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, NJ, USA.  lalp@mail.montclair.edu Related Work: Assessing socioeconomic impacts of forest biomass based biofuel development on rural communities; Southern Forest for Future: Bioenergy metatheme; Bioenergy Roadmap for Southern US

    Henry Quesada-Pineda Supply Chain Management Analysis Co-lead Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Polytechnic and State University quesada@vt.edu Related Work: Market analyses of international value chain of hardwood products; Development of low-grade hardwood cross-laminated timbers; Analysis of value chain for forest products industries in Mexico

    Robert Smith Supply Chain Management Analysis co-lead Professor and Associate Dean for Engagement/Extension, Virginia Polytechnic and State University rsmith4@vt.edu Related Work: Business practices for the small to medium sized forest products firms ; Industry directory for the VA forest products industry; Market opportunities for Virginia’s wood products in Central America

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