Dr Chongxuan Liu is a chief scientist in Fundamental and Computational Science Directorate US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory USA He earned his PhD in Environmental Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland He has published over 70 peerreviewed journal articles with over 1100 citations and many technical reports He is a member of American Chemical Society American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of American He has served as a proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation Department of Energy and American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund a reader panel member for journal Nature and a peerreviewer for over 20 professional journals including Environmental Science and Technology Biotechnology and Bioengineering Biotechnology Progress Journal of Carcinogenesis Biodegradation Geomicrobiology Journal Journal of Environmental Quality Journal of Biological Physics Journal of Theoretical Biology Journal of Biological System Journal of Total Environment

Diffusion and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in porous media, biotechnologies of using microorganisms to degrade chemicals and remediate contaminants in subsurface environments, and multi-phase flow, displacement, and mixing at the pore and continuous scales. He is also interested in geochemistry and biogeochemistry, and reactive transport of solutes, contaminants, and radionuclides in subsurface environments.

Arthur Ragauskas held the first Fulbright Chair in Alternative Energy and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science and TAPPI His research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is seeking to understand and exploit innovative sustainable bioresources This multifaceted program is targeted to develop new and improved applications for nature’s premiere renewable biopolymers for biomaterials biofuels biopower and biobased chemicals His research program is sponsored by NSF USDA DOE GA Traditional Industry Program a consortium of industry partners and several fellowship programs His Fulbright sponsored activities at Chalmers University of Technology Sweden were focused on the forest biorefinery and new biofuel conversion technologies for lignocellulosics Currently Dr Ragauskas manages a research group of thirty graduate students postdoctoral research fellows a research scientist and visiting scientists He has collaborative research projects with several GA Tech faculty and is a program leader for a GA Tech Focused Research Program in Biofuels BioPower and Biomaterials In addition he is the GA Tech team leader for Biological Energy Science Center BESC research efforts theme leader for the GA Tech Imperial College London and Oak Ridge National Laboratory AtlanTICC Alliance in Biomass to BioFuels BioProducts and BioPower program and team leader for an industrial consortium program titled Fiber Modification Fiber Fiber Bonding His students have won several awards including the ACS graduate research award Ragauskas has published 220 papers patents and conference proceedings Ragauskas is an Associate Editor for Petroleum Environmental Biotechnology Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining Biofuels BioEnergy Research Industrial Biotechnology Taiwan Journal of Forest Service Industrial Biotechnology Holzforschung Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy Journal of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels The Open Biotechnology Journal and J Wood Chemistry and Technology He is an editorial board member of Sustainability and Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology and a reader for Nature Ragauskas has served on several advisory boards and review panels including Austrian Science Fund European Commission Research Directorate National Science Academy J Paul Getty Trust NSF USDA DOE ARAPE NSERC BARD FIRST TAPPI Research Management Committee Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NWO Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research Swedish VINN Excellence Center Swedish Knowledge Foundation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland ERA Chemistry Swiss National Science Foundation Finnish Academy of Science Norway Research Council The Technology Foundation STW and Singapore Agency for Science Technology and Research Dr Ragauskas has been an invited visiting professor at Universidade da Beira Interior Portugal Chalmers University of Technology Sweden Royal Institute of Technology STFi Stockholm Sweden and South China University of Technology China

Development of translational green chemistry for the sustainable conversion of bioresources to biofuels, biopower, biobased materials and chemicals. As such, Ragauskas’ core belief is that a professor can only be as successful as the students he educates, mentors and graduates. As such, Ragauskas academic mission has been, and remains, the cornerstone of his career objectives. These career objectives includeDevelop a challenging and enriching undergraduate educational and research experience that facilitates the intellectual development of science, engineering and liberal arts students and introduces these students to the exciting opportunities and challenges focused about the development of the sustainable biorefineryRecruit, educate, and develop the next generation of scientists that will be nationally internationally recognized leaders in sustainable chemistry of biofuels biomaterials, biopower, from renewable bioresourcesDevelop a nationally internationally recognized research center for sustainable green chemistry of bioresources and their conversion to innovative biofuels biopower bio-based materials & chemicals in a modern biorefinery.

Professor Berrin Tansel has received her PhD in environmental engineering from University of WisconsinMadison in 1985 Currently she is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Florida International University FIU in Miami Florida Before joining FIU Dr Tansel was a project manager at Massachusetts Water Resources Authority She has also worked at the Center for Environmental Management at Tufts University She has authored over 200 research papers reports and professional practice publications Dr Tansel is an elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE and elected Diplomate of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers She is a member of Water Environment Federation Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE and Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors She is the associate editor of Journal of Environmental Management and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Water Air Soil Pollution and Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering

Physical and chemical treatment processes, oil-water emulsions, surface interactions, contaminant transport

Santosh Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology School of Pharmacy University of MissouriKansas City He has received PhD in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai India in 19931998 He has received MS in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai India in 19911993 He has completed his BS in Chemistry from Delhi University New Delhi India in 19871991He was nominated for the President’s Gold Medal Award for the best thesis in 1998 He received ASPET Drug Metabolism Division Post Doctoral Best Paper Award in 2003He is in Editorial Board of one journal and reviewer of 8 journals He has published 29 articles 5 review papers and 29 abstracts He has given 16 oral presentations He has taught/is involved in teaching Drug metabolism Drug interactions/Adverse reaction Introduction to Chemotherapy Antibiotics Cancer Chemotherapy etc to graduate and Pharm D students.