Arthur J. Ragauskas
GCSB Director, Principal Investigator
Title: Professor/Governor’s Chair in Biorefining, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Department: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Contact
Office: 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-2200, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-865-974-2042
USA
Chang Geun Yoo
GCSB Associate Director – USA, Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
College: State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Technical Roles: : Designing sustainable & green solvents for biomass fractionation and PHAs extraction
Contact
Office: 1512 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-2200, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-865-974-2042
Clara J. Choi
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Visual Communication, School of Art and Design
College: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Technical Roles: Global Education/Outreach Program Development
Contact
Office: Visual Arts Building (EVABL) 1.207, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-956-665-5888
Anqi Ji
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
College: Howard University
Technical Roles: Undergraduate Education/Outreach Development
Contact
Office: Room 2005, LK Downing Hall, Washington DC, 20059, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-202-806-4595
Gyu Leem
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Chemistry
College: The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Technical Roles: Development of STEM Education Programs
Contact
Office: 216 Jahn Laboratory, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-315-470-4920
Hyeongmin Seo
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
College: University of Iowa
Technical Roles: Development of a next-generation microbial conversion platform for PHA biosynthesis
Contact
Office: 364 Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories (IATL), Iowa City, Iowa 52245, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-319-335-2101
Korea
Jeong Jae Wie
GCSB Associate Director – Korea, Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Associate Professor, Adjunct Research Professor, SUNY ESF
Department: Department of Organic and Nano Engineering
College: Hanyang University
Technical Roles: Scalable production of biocomposites through a continuous melt–mixing process, analysis of structure-property relationships and development of 3D/4D printing process for biocomposites
Contact
Office: Room 332, BLDG# 204 (Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering Building), 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +82-2-2220-0488
Tae Hee Han
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Professor
Department: Department of Organic and Nano Engineering
College: Hanyang University
Technical Roles: Characterization of mechanical properties and X-ray scattering-based structural analysis of composites
Contact
Office: 329 Advanced Materials and Chemical Engineering Building,
222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 82-2-2220-0493
Ja Kyong Ko
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Senior Researcher
Department: Clean Energy Research Center
College: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Technical Roles: Development of high-performance microbial strains for PHA production from lignocellulosic biomass
Contact
Office: L5141, Hwarang-ro 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 82-2-958-6843
Byoung-In Sang
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Professor
Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
College: Hanyang University
Technical Roles: Evaluation of biodegradability of composite materials and development of biodegradation prediction model
Contact
Office: 813 Fusion Technology Center, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 82-10-9209-0204
United Kingdom
Jhuma Sadhukhan
GCSB Associate Director – UK LEAD, Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Professor
College: University of Surrey
Technical Roles: UK lead and LCA and TEA lead
Contact
Office: 21AA02
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 44-7971291187
Karen Johnston
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Reader
Department: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
College: University of Strathclyde
Technical Roles: Recycling and upcycling of 3D/4D printing biocomposites
Contact
Office: James Weir Building JW405h, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, U.K.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 44-0141-574-5306
Stephen Lyth
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow, Senior Lecturer
Department: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
College: University of Strathclyde
Technical Roles: Recycling and upcycling of 3D/4D printing biocomposites
Contact
Office: James Weir Building JW403h, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, U.K.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 44-0141-574-5306
Xiaolei Zhang
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Reader
Department: Department of Chemical and Process Engineering
College: University of Strathclyde
Technical Roles: Recycling and upcycling of 3D/4D printing biocomposites
Contact
Office: James Weir Building JW405g, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, U.K.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 44-0141-574-5306
Canada
Amit Kumar
GCSB Associate Director – Canada, Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Professor / Canada Research Chair in Assessment of Energy Systems (Tier-1) / Cenovus Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering / Deputy Director – Future Energy Systems
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering
College: University of Alberta
Technical Roles: Develop an integrated framework for systems-level assessment of novel biocomposites, develop of uncertainty models
Contact
Office: 10-263 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-780-492-7797
Sandeep Agrawal
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Professor and Associate Dean
Department: Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
College: University of Alberta
Technical Roles: Community impact assessment program development
Contact
Office: 3-107A Tory Building, Edmonton, CA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-780-492-1230
Rafiq Ahmad
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering
College: University of Alberta
Technical Roles: Developing Mechanical Recycling and Upcycling Solutions for End-of-Life Products
Contact
Office: #10-326 DICE Building, 9211 116 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 1H9 Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-780-492-7180
Kwang Ho Kim
GCSB Co-Principal Investigator
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Wood Science
College: University of British Columbia
Technical Roles: Developing a sustainable process to produce highly compatible CNC using green solvents
Contact
Office: #4034 Forest Science Center, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-604-822-7869
Brigida Meza
GCSB Administrative Team Member
Title: Research Project Manager Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering
College: University of Alberta
Technical Roles: Responsible for supporting the research program of the GCSB Canada team by providing executive-level assistance in financial and administrative matters.
Contact
Office: 10-385 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1-780-492-1203
Finland
Chunlin Xu
GCSB Associate Director – Finland, Co-Principal Investigator
Title:Professor in Fiber and Biopolymer Chemistry
College: Åbo Akademi University
Technical Roles: Fabricating lignin nanoparticles and 3D/4D printing of biocomposites
Contact
Office: Henrikinkatu 2, Turku/Åbo, FI 20500, Turku
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 358-44-0362088