People

Administration

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
Maggie Norton
- Program Manager - Agriculture & Strategic Initiatives
norton@iastate.edu
Lisa Schulte Moore
- Director
- Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agricultural and Life Sciences
lschulte@iastate.edu
Ryan Smith
- Deputy Director
rgsmith@iastate.edu

Associate Directors

Xianglan Bai
- Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
bxl9801@iastate.edu
John Crespi
- Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)
- Professor, Dept. of Economics
jcrespi@iastate.edu
Mark Mba Wright
- Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
markmw@iastate.edu
Andrew Vanloocke
- Associate Professor, Dept. of Agronomy
andyvanl@iastate.edu

Faculty

Santanu Bakshi
- Principal Scientist
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering
sbakshi@iastate.edu
Robert Brown
- Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
- Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering
- Founding Director of the Bioeconomy Institute
rcbrown3@iastate.edu
Tannon Daugaard
- Engineer IV
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
daugaard@iastate.edu

Staff

Chumki Banik
- Manager Research & Environmental Research Scientist
cbanik@iastate.edu
Jordan Funkhouser
- Research Scientist III
jfunk@iastate.edu
Jim Jordahl
- Project Analyst
jjordahl@iastate.edu
Elmin Rahic
- Research Scientist
erahic@iastate.edu
Matt Stephenson
- Research Data Manager
mattstep@iastate.edu
Lysle Whitmer
- Senior Thermochemical Research Engineer
lwhitmer@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Richard Magala
- Postdoctoral Scholar
rmagala@iastate.edu

Undergraduate Students

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