People

Bioeconomy Institute

Robert Brown
- Co-Director
rcbrown3@iastate.edu
Jacob Cantu
- Post-Award Grants & Contracts Specialist
jcantu@iastate.edu
Daniel Mendoza
- Pre-Award Grants & Contracts Specialist
dam2@iastate.edu
Scott Moseley
- Assistant Director for Grants
smoseley@iastate.edu
Lisa Schulte Moore
- Co-Director
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Director of C-CHANGE Grass2Gas
lschulte@iastate.edu

Associate Directors

Xianglan Bai
- Professor
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
bxl9801@iastate.edu
Mark Mba-Wright
- Associate Professor
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
markmw@iastate.edu
Andrew Vanloocke
- Associate Professor
- Dept. of Agronomy
andyvanl@iastate.edu

Engineering Technologies

Santanu Bakshi
- Principal Scientist
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
sbakshi@iastate.edu
Chumki Banik
- Manager Research & Environmental Research Scientist
cbanik@iastate.edu
Allen Barrow
- Technical Project Specialist
abarrow@iastate.edu
Tannon Daugaard
- Engineer III
daugaard@iastate.edu
Jordan Funkhouser
- Research Scientist III
jfunk@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
- Deputy Director
rgsmith@iastate.edu
Lysle Whitmer
- Senior Thermochemical Research Engineer
lwhitmer@iastate.edu
Krishna Yadav
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
kyadav@iastate.edu

Regenerative Agriculture Program

Jim Jordahl
- Project Analyst
jjordahl@iastate.edu
Maggie Norton
- Project Manager
norton@iastate.edu
Elmin Rahic
- Research Scientist
erahic@iastate.edu
Dana Schweitzer
- Deputy Director
schweitz@iastate.edu
Matt Stephenson
- Data Management Specialist
mattstep@iastate.edu

Undergraduate Students

Alina Cielak
- Biochar Research Assistant
alinac22@iastate.edu
Lillia Dahlstrom
- Project Assistant
lilli23@iastate.edu