Graduate Students
| NAME | DEGREE AND AFFILIATION | ADVISOR |
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CURRENT STUDENTS |
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PREVIOUS STUDENTS |
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Feedstocks |
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| Alejandra Abril Guevara | Ph.D., Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology University of Florida Graduated Fall 2018 Dissertation: Genetic Improvement of Cell Wall Composition and Waterlogging Tolerance of Sorghum bicolor |
Wilfred Vermerris |
| Terry Felderhoff | Ph.D., Genetics & Genomics University of Florida Graduated Summer 2016 Dissertation: Genome-enabled improvement of anthracnose resistance and sugar yield in sweet sorghum |
Wilfred Vermerris |
| Chamara Weerasekara | M.S., Agroforestry University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Graduated Spring 2017 Thesis: Nitrogen and Harvest Impact on Warm-Season Grass Biomass Yield Feedstock Quality |
Shibu Jose |
Conversion |
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| Deepika Awasthi | Ph.D., Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida Graduated Spring 2016 Dissertation: Metabolic Engineering of Bacillus subtilis as a Microbial Biocatalyst for Production of D-Lactic Acid |
K. T. Shanmugam |
| Hanxi Bao | Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated Summer 2019 Dissertation: Catalytical Depolymerization of Lignin to High Value Monomers and Its Process Optimization |
Zhaohui Tong |
| Ryan Geddes | Ph.D., Microbiology and Cell Science University of Florida Graduated Fall 2014 Dissertation: Improving Fermentation of Pretreated Biomass by Reducing Inhibitor Concentrations and Increasing Microbial Biocatalyst Tolerance |
Lonnie Ingram |
| Suguna Jairam | Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated Summer 2015 Dissertation: Value Added, Multifunctional Biocomposites from BiorefineryResidues (Lignin and Glycerol) Via Emulsion and Miniemulsion Polymerization |
Zhaohui Tong |
| Stephanie Jamis | M.S., Soil and Water Sciences University of Florida Graduated Summer 2017 M.S. Technical Paper: Land Applied Residual Effects on Soil Biogeochemical Properties |
K. Ramesh Reddy and George O'Connor |
| Marco Pazmino | M.S, Agricultural and Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated 2014 Thesis: Use of Banana Peduncle as Feedstock for Ethanol and Biogas Production |
Pratap Pullammanappallil |
| Jianru Shi | M.S., Soil and Water Sciences University of Florida Graduated Summer 2015 Thesis: Land Application as a Reuse Method of Cellulosic Ethanol Residuals Exit Seminar |
George
O'Connor and Ann Wilkie |
| Na Wu | Ph.D., Agricultural & Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated Spring 2018 Dissertation: Techno-Economic Analysis of Biofuels Production |
Pratap Pullammanappalli |
| Wei Wu | Ph.D., Agricultural & Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated Summer 2017 Dissertation: Fermentation of Carbohydrates in Switch Grass to Ethanol: Optimizing Pretreatment and Fermentation Conditions |
Pratap Pullammanappalli |
| Shunchang "Jack" Yang | Ph.D., Agricultural & Biological Engineering University of Florida Graduated Summer 2018 Dissertation: Treatment of Dairy Manure for Energy Production and Nutrient Recovery |
Pratap Pullammanappalli |
Sustainability |
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| Pralhad Burli | Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Studies Montclair State University Graduated Fall 2017 Dissertation: Economic and Environmental Assessment of Advanced Biofuels: Adoption Under Uncertainty, Farmer Willingness, and Land Use Implications | Pankaj Lal |
| Trisha Sanwal | M.S., Forestry Virginia Tech Graduated Summer 2016 Thesis: Economic analysis of biofuel production from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) in the United States |
Janaki Alavalapti |
| Jeremy Withers | M.S., Forestry Virginia Tech Graduated Spring 2016 Thesis: Barriers Impacting United States Advanced Biofuel Projects |
Henry Quesada-Pineda |
| Bernabas Wolde | Ph.D., Environmental Management Montclair State University Graduated Spring 2016 Dissertation: Socio-economic and Environmental Assessment of Woody Biofuels in Southern United States |
Pankaj Lal |
