Brad Lystra
MS'07, Life Sciences Communication
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Mike Haas
Haas is nationally recognized as a leader in biodiesel research. As a biochemist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, he and his team develop new biodiesel production methods, develop and apply new assays to determine purity, create process models to estimate the operating costs of various production methods, explore new uses for byproducts generated during production, [...]
Renee Rippchen
BS'97, Agricultural Journalism and Dairy Science
Scott Pigg
BS'80, Agricultural Engineering; MS'89, Agricultural Engineeringand Land Resources
Catch up with…Jack Newman
PhD'01 Bacteriology
Kim Zuhlke
BS'75, Agronomy
Grow Dozen: Energy
Meet the 12 CALS alumni who are making a difference in energy.These 12 alumni represent the depth and breadth of CALS graduates’ accomplishments in the area of Energy. Selections for the list were made by the Grow staff and are intended to reflect a sample of the alumni stories, and do not represent a ranking or comprehensive list.
THE DOZEN:
Carole Schmidt
MS'80, Water Resources Management; MS'86, Soil Science
Mi-Sun Kim
Kim began researching bio-hydrogen production 15 years ago through the new and renewable energy research division of the Korea Institute of Energy Research. Now principal scientist for its bioenergy research center, she specializes in bio-hydrogen production from high-moisture content organic waste via anaerobic digestion. Last year, Kim directed the construction of a new 25-gallon reactor [...]
Elisa Graffy
MS'93, Agricultural Economics
Ranjini Chaterjee
PhD'96, Biochemistry
Greening Business
Energy consultants making it easy bein' green.