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Seminar Series

Jerry Gargulak's Presentation at MSB

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center launched a seminar series to bring a wide range of bioenergy experts to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University campuses. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend along with industry and community leaders interested in renewable energy. The series is open to the public.

GLBRC's Seminar Series will continue during the Fall 2012 semester. Stay tuned for schedule details.  

Upcoming Seminars



Advanced lignocellulosic conversion technologies and their potential role in sustainable bioenergy production in southern Africa

 
August 30, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
W. H. (Emile) Van Zyl, SANERI Senior Chair in Energy Research in Biofuels Program, Departments of Microbiology and Process Engineering,
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
 

Past Seminars, Spring 2012

Parts, Devices, and Chassis in Support of Metabolic Engineering 

April 10, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kristala Jones Prather, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
Co-sponsored with the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Prather presented considerations for the design and construction of novel pathways, as well as their influence on the synthesis of other value-added biochemicals. 
 
 

Risk, Time, Policy Design, and Other Lessons of Real Biofuels Policy

February 23, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Michael O'Hare, Professor of Public Policy, University of California-Berkeley

As part of the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment's Weston Roundtable Series, O'Hare discussed lessons in biofuels policy.