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Zak Adams
Ecological Systems Director
New York Sun Works

Zak Adams has extensive sustainable design experience with water quality, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy. He completed his graduate work under John Todd (inventor of the Living Machine) at the University of Vermont, where he developed and modeled biothermal energy systems (harvesting waste heat from compost). He has worked with New Jersey Community Water Watch, Edison Wetlands Association, Ocean Arks International, Intervale Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Vermont Alternative Energy Corporation and Delaware Valley Eco-Fuels. At New York Sun Works, Mr. Adams is responsible for ecological waste management systems, renewable energy deployment, and technical supervision of the Science Barge program, including managing wind, biodiesel and solar power assets to match energy production with greenhouse demands. Adams holds a B.S. in human ecology and agroecology from and an M.S. in Ecological Design from the University of Vermont. He is also a LEED®-Accredited Professional.

Krishna Athreya
Director, Engineering Leadership Program
Iowa State University

Krishna S. Athreya is the Director of the Engineering Leadership Program at Iowa State University, which was started in 2006 to promote civic leadership and community engagement among engineers and create an environment for leaders of tomorrow to realize their potential in serving society. Athreya is co-founder and current president of Engineers for a Sustainable World, a national nonprofit organization with chapters and members at dozens of major research institutions across the U.S. Engineers for a Sustainable World mobilizes both engineers and engineering students to address the challenges of global poverty and sustainability through education, public outreach, and development work both domestically and internationally.

Justin Barone
Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering Dept.
Virginia Tech

Justin Barone joined the Biological Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech as an Associate Professor in January 2007 as part of the university-wide biomaterials cluster hire. Dr. Barone works in the area of renewable materials with a focus on developing new biopolymeric systems. Dr. Barone has a background in materials and polymer science. He received his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Lehigh University, his MS degree in Engineering Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his PhD degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining the department, he was a Research Chemist with the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Maryland.

James L. Buizer
Special Policy Advisor to the President
Executive Director for Strategic Institutional Advancement, Office of the President
Arizona State University

Mr. Jim Buizer provides strategic advice and guidance on a broad range of topics to the President and other University leadership. He advances ASU through visioning, strategic direction, institutional positioning and the management of presidential investments, particularly those that are aimed at transforming ASU as a model for the New American University, an institution directly engaged in the economic, social, and cultural vitality of its region; a university focused on building a sustainable environment and economy; and a place where tomorrow’s leaders can pursue innovative avenues toward solving the major challenges and questions of our time.

As Director of Strategic Institutional Advancement in the Office of the President, Mr. Buizer oversees transformative design efforts and development of new interdisciplinary academic units across the University. Upon arriving ASU September 2003 until July 2007 he served as Executive Director of the Office of Sustainability Initiatives in the Office of the President, where he led the conceptualization, design and initiation of the University-wide Global Institute of Sustainability and its School of Sustainability, launched fall 2006 as the first of its kind in the world.

Prior to this, he served as Director of the Climate and Societal Interactions Office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for providing programmatic vision, design and leadership of NOAA’s integrated, multidisciplinary research and applications program positioned at the climate and societal interface. Over the years Jim was also active in the efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Mr. Buizer represents President Crow and ASU on numerous boards and councils throughout the university as well as nationally and internationally. In his personal capacity he serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), on the Board of Directors of Second Nature, Inc., on the Board of Trustees of the Tesseract School in Paradise Valley, Arizona, and as Member of the Carbon Offset Protocol Working Group, American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. He received his degrees in Oceanography, Marine Resource Economics, and Science Policy from the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

William D. (Bill) Byers
VP & Technology Fellow
CH2M HILL

As a Vice President in CH2M HILL’s Industrial Systems Business Group, Bill Byers leads projects and develops technology that help CH2M HILL clients become more sustainable in their operations. The pattern of Bill’s projects at CH2M HILL has covered all aspects of sustainable development for a wide variety of industries. For a major forest products company, he managed a fast-track project to conserve water and develop new water sources in response to a drought situation. For a transportation equipment company, he managed the development of an information system to track environmental footprint at over 100 manufacturing facilities. For an international oil and gas company, he developed reports on new and emerging technologies for controlling mercury, treating sour gas, and developing renewable energy sources.

Bill is a leader in CH2M HILL’s technology development organization. In that capacity, he reviews internally developed technology for commercialization potential and externally developed technology for prospective addition to CH2M HILL’s technology portfolio. He maintains contact with researchers in universities, national labs and small businesses and evaluates technology ideas for their business potential. He served as a session organizer for the “1996 White House Briefing and Conference on Environmental Technology. “

Bill is active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), having served as President of AIChE in 2004. Among his many leadership roles with AIChE, he chaired its 1993 Summer National Meeting with the forward-looking theme of “Engineering for Sustainable Development.” Along with other CH2M HILL colleagues, Bill served as principle author of a book commissioned and published by AIChE in 2002 entitled, “Industrial Water Management: A Systems Approach.” He is a member of AIChE’s Institute for Sustainability and an invited presenter to its Sustainable Engineering Forum. Through AIChE, he has served on panels judging papers, poster presentations and projects completed by undergraduate students in chemical engineering and related disciplines. Bill earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Oregon. The American Academy of Environmental Engineers recognizes him as a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. He was inducted into Oregon State University’s Academy of Distinguished Engineers in 1998, the Academy’s inaugural year, and is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a business and management scholastic honorary society.

Michelle Chang
SEED Program Coordinator
Engineers for a Sustainable World

Michelle Chang is the Summer Engineering Experience in Development (SEED) Program Coordinator with the San Francisco-based non-profit, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW). Michelle began her career in consulting at Deloitte before she switched to news and foreign affairs reporting for public radio, with a focus in the Pacific Rim and development issues. A graduate of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Michelle's interests are in international sustainable development and poverty reduction. Michelle is also an avid traveler and marathon runner.

Wendy T. Chin
Senior Director
Pfizer, Inc.

Ms. Chin brings with her more than eighteen years of senior management experience in the high-tech industry, both in start-up and multi-national companies. Currently, Ms. Chin is the Senior Director responsible for global technology architecture and engineering at Pfizer Inc. She also serves as an advisor to Creative Technology Group where she lends her expertise in getting technology start-ups off the ground. Ms. Chin was founder & CEO of TechnologyConnect, a technology broker and e-market company where she received venture backing and signed well known international clients. In that capacity, Ms. Chin was able to assemble a most impressive team of advisors including two Nobel Laureates, as well as forming strategic partnership with leading IT content/publishing companies in Japan and China. Before TechnologyConnect Ms. Chin was the President of a Hutchison Whampoa backed start up in China, which provided the first electronic commerce services in the region. The company was later acquired for more than $100 million. Before that, Ms. Chin was the Vice President of Pyramid Technology Corporation (part of Siemens AG), in the Asia Pacific region where she held P&L responsibility for Pyramid’s computer line of business. Prior to joining Pyramid Technology, Ms. Chin was the Director of Telecommunications Industry Marketing with AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR) in the Asia Pacific Area where she was responsible for sales and marketing of data warehouse and billing solutions. Ms. Chin started her career as a Member of Technical Staff with AT&T Bell Laboratories. Ms. Chin is very familiar with high-tech international marketing, contract negotiations, financing, and general corporate management. Ms. Chin holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Jose L. Fernandez-Solis
Assistant Professor, Construction Science Department
Texas A&M University

Dr. Fernandez-Solis is a Fellow at the Goizueta Foundation, a Fellow the CRS Center for Leadership and Management in the Design and Construction Industry and a Sustainable Urbanism Faculty Fellow. Dr. Fernandez-Solis technical interests directly connect his research and development activities such as the Solar Decathlon 2007 project to environmental issues and specifically to sustainability. Within the sustainability umbrella of issues, Dr. Fernandez-Solis proficiency is in advanced materials and methods, products and integrated processes and a continued interest in nano-clays basic research for construction. Dr. Fernandez-Solis is the advisor of the Texas A&M Post Graduate Built Environment (CIB Endorsed) Research Chapter, DBIA student chapter and of the Corps of Cadets Company A-2 Battalion 1. Dr. Fernandez-Solis was awarded “The Most Innovative Research in the Human and Built Environment” at the 5th International Postgraduate Research Conference at the University of Salford, Manchester, England. Dr. Fernandez-Solis has a book under publication with the title “Is Building Construction Approaching the Threshold of Becoming Unsustainable? A System Theoretic Exploration Towards a Post-Forrester Model for Taming Unsustainable Exponentialoids.”

Melissa Gallagher-Rogers
Manager, Government and Higher Education Sector
U.S. Green Building Council

Melissa Gallagher-Rogers, Manager Government and Higher Education Sector for the U.S. Green Building Council assists Federal, State and Local agencies as well as institutions of Higher Education as they green their building portfolios by implementing the LEED Green Building Rating System. Ms. Gallagher-Rogers comes to USGBC from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy where she was the Assistant Director of Student Affairs and Director of the Maryland Leadership Institute (MLI). She began as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) with the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. While there she held rotations with DOE regional offices and several non-profit organizations. As a program specialist with DOE’s Weatherization Assistance Program, Ms. Gallagher-Rogers set policy on health and safety specifically on lead paint and mold growth in housing.

Ms. Gallagher-Rogers holds a M.P.P. in Environmental Policy from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and a B.A. in International Environmental Policy from the University of Connecticut.

Nathan Gauthier
Assistant Director
Harvard Green Campus Initiative

Nathan Gauthier is Assistant Director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative (HGCI), Harvard’s in-house sustainability group charged with greening Harvard University. His responsibilities include providing sustainable design and LEED® process guidance while co-managing an organization with a two million dollar annual operating budget, 20 full-time employees, 38 part-time student employees, and a $12 million revolving loan fund. As founder and principal of Sustainable Design and Construction Solutions, Nathan provides similar services to public and private clients outside the University. Nathan has consulted on more than 40 new construction and major renovation projects, including the $1.3 billion, LEED Gold anticipated, Harvard First Science Center stem cell research laboratory and the nation’s first LEED NC version 2.2 Platinum project, the Half-Moon Outfitters Distribution Center.

In addition to sustainable design consulting, Nathan co-teaches ENVR E–119, Sustainable Buildings: Design, Construction, and Operations at the Harvard Extension School and guest lectures for other courses. His previous experience includes developing Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability Indicators for the University of South Carolina, US Department of Defense military bases, and private industry. Prior to his time in South Carolina, Nathan worked as an environmentally-friendly general contractor with Energy Conscious Builders in southwest Michigan and as a fisheries biologist for federal and state governments. Nathan holds certifications as a CSI Construction Document Technologist, IGSHPA Ground Source Heat Pump Installer, and a LEED Accredited Professional. Nathan is member of the USGBC Professional Development Core Committee, the USGBC’s Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group, and is a member of the Massachusetts affiliate of the USGBC’s Leadership Council.

Peter Haas
Founder and Executive Director
Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group

Peter Haas is the Founder and Executive Director of the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group. He received a B.A. in 1998 from Yale University in philosophy and psychology. AIDG is a new international development organization aimed at incubating for profit enterprises to provide affordable and environmentally sound access to energy, sanitation and clean water for populations making 2-4 dollars a day. Peter was named one of Echoing Green's Social Entrepreneurs of the Year in 2006, and his work with AIDG has been featured in Fast Company, Salon.com, and NPR. Before founding AIDG he worked both in the information technology field as a consultant in network topology, RF and wireless, and on a sustainable organic farm doing infrastructure improvement work.

Robert Huggett
Senior Scientist
White Water Associates, Inc.

Robert Huggett is Senior Scientist for White Water Associates, Inc. He retired as Professor of Zoology and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University in 2004. He is also Professor Emeritus of Marine Science at The College of William and Mary. His aquatic biogeochemistry research has involved the fate and effects of hazardous substances in aquatic systems with a focus on hydrophobic chemicals and their partitioning between sediment and pore water which governs the chemicals’ biological availability. From1994 to 1997, he was Assistant Administrator for Research and Development for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, where his responsibilities included planning and directing EPA’s six hundred million dollar per year research and development program. He earned his Ph.D at The College of William and Mary.

Klein E. Ileleji
Assistant Professor & Extension Engineer, Ag. & Biological Engineering
Purdue University

Klein E. Ileleji, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Extension Engineer in Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. He earned a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria; an M.P.S. in Applied Economics and Business Management at the Institute of Economic Studies in Nitra (a joint program between Cornell University, Ithaca and The Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering at the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Slovakia. Dr. Ileleji's research focus and interest at Purdue University is in the area of biomass feedstock logistics, processing, particulate flows and handling, and biofeedstock engineering systems for food, feed, fuel and fiber production. Current research activities are related to the development of logistics analysis simulation and tools for biomass feedstock, investigation of flow behavior of biologically active particulates, determination of feedstock quality parameters, feedstock processing and handling, and fuel preparation for the production of heat and power via combustion and gasification. He also has extensive research experience in post-harvest handling of grains and oilseeds, especially with respect to stored product protection.

Dr. Ileleji teaches Biomass Feedstock Systems Engineering (ABE591K), Electric Power and Controls (ASM420) and coordinates an on-line distance education course in fuel ethanol production administered through GEAPS-Purdue Distance Education Program. He has extensive international experience, and currently in collaboration with the State Key Laboratory for Clean Energy Utilization at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. He has an extension engineer role in bioenergy and biofuels in the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department at Purdue University and serves on the board of Biotown USA Development Authority.

Dr. Ileleji is a 14 year member of both the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR), and a member of the Grain Elevators and Processing Society (GEAPS).

Ryan Legg
Program Manager, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Cornell University

Mr. Legg is the senior staff in charge of the implementation of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise's programs and research initiatives. In this role, he leads the day to day work in organizing the NSF-funded "Business, Engineering & Sustainability" planning workshop in spring 2007 which brought together leading researchers interested in aligning engineering and management education to improve the creation and commercialization of sustainable technologies. Mr. Legg also provides additional support for the Sustainable Innovation Learning Lab through his knowledge of academics, practitioners, programs and initiatives at university and companies that are focused on sustainability and technology. Mr. Legg is also responsible for identifying and promoting an international network of scholars and practitioners interested in this intersection of business, science, technology and sustainability. He is a member of the Youth Action Team Steering Committee for the US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development which provides a platform for youth to connect, share, and collaborate towards sustainable development.

Joshua M. Pearce
Assistant Professor of Physics
Coordinator of Nanotechnology and Sustainability: Science and Policy Programs
Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Joshua M. Pearce received his Ph.D. in Materials from the Pennsylvania State University. He is currently an assistant professor at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. His primary research concentration is in electronic device physics of solar photovoltaic cells and materials engineering of photovoltaic materials. His research interests also include applied sustainability (both in the U.S. and in developing countries) and service learning. Prof. Pearce is coordinating Clarion's sustainability: science and policy program as well as the nanotechnology program. In addition, he is the manuscript editor for the International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering and a frequent contributor to appropedia.org, the site for collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development.

Jeff Peterson
Program Manager, Energy Resources
New York State Energy Research and Authority (NYSERDA)

Mr. Peterson is currently the Program Manager for Energy Resources at the New York State Energy Research and Authority. This is the primary research program for renewable and natural gas resource development. The goal of the program is to develop cooperative initiatives to introduce new energy and environmental technologies into the marketplace. Research programs range from partnering with New York State businesses to develop new technologies to supply the worldwide market for renewable energy and sharing the risk of establishing new business enterprises or models to meet customer demand for renewable energy. He received a BS and MS in Wood Science and Technology from the University of Massachusetts and a MS in Industrial Administration from Union College.

Ryne Raffaelle
Director, NanoPower Research Labs
Academic Director, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Raffaelle is a Professor of Physics and Microsystems Engineering, Director of the NanoPower Research Labs, and the Academic Director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Dr. Raffaelle is considered a leading authority on the use of nanomaterials for renewable energy devices. He is currently serving as the Presentations Chair of the Photovoltaics Specialists Conference and a session chair at the International Energy Conversion and Engineering Conference.

Dr. Raffaelle has received include the RIT IP Productivity Award in 2003, the RIT Innovators Award in 2005 and the RIT Board of Trustees Scholarship Award in 2006. He has served as PI on over 40 externally funded research grants totally over $10 million since 2001. Since 2002, he has authored 28 peer reviewed journal publications, five book chapters, and 49 conference proceedings, all related to nanomaterials and optoelectronic devices. He has also served on 40 graduate theses and dissertations committees at four different universities and within nine different disciplines.

Dawn Rittenhouse
Director, Sustainable Develoment
DuPont Company.

Dawn joined DuPont in 1980 and has held positions in Technical Service, Sales, Marketing, and Product Management within the Packaging and Industrial Polymers business and Crop Protection businesses. In late 1997, she began working in the corporate organization to assist DuPont businesses in integrating sustainability strategies into their strategy and business management processes. She leads DuPont’s efforts at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Global Compact. She also manages the corporate recognition program for Sustainable Growth Excellence. In 2007 she also picked up responsibility for DuPont’s efforts on climate change. In 2001 and 2002 Dawn served a co-chair of the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) working group that developed the SD Planner™. She has also co-chaired the WBCSD working groups on Innovation and Technology and Sustainability through the Market. She is currently on the Board of Directors of Future of Life, the Advisory Committee of Bridges to Sustainability and the Education Committee of the Delaware Nature Society.

Dawn has a double major in Chemistry and Economics from Duke University. Dawn and her two children live in Wilmington, Delaware. When she is not being a taxi service to school, the stables and soccer activities, she loves to run.

Richard Sheehan
President
Technology Resource

Mr. Sheehan is founder and President of Technology Resource, a regional service provider of third party assessment, analysis and valuation of early stage technologies and new products. He is an active board member several Corporations and Foundations. He has been the CEO of three successful start-ups and continues to work in that area by helping young entrepreneurs deal with the challenges of new start-up businesses. Mr. Sheehan is also an active member of several technology associations and a sponsor of many entrepreneurial organizations. Mr. Sheehan’s background is engineering and finance and he holds twelve Patents. His areas of interest and specialization comprise Advanced Materials, Life Sciences, Software and Imaging technologies as well as Environmental issues and Sustainable energy technologies. He has thirty years experience in technology development and commercialization, specializing in early stage and emerging technologies. His firm also specializes in helping organizations locate undervalued intangible assets and uncover new fields of use for discoveries and technologies.

Sylvia Smullin
Scientist
Makani Power

Sylvia Smullin earned her PhD in physics from Stanford in 2005. Since then, Dr. Smullin has worked in the Clean Energy group at the Union of Concerned Scientists and as a postdoctoral fellow in the atomic physics group at Princeton University. Currently, Dr. Smullin is a scientist at Makani Power, a Californiabased high altitude wind power company.

Rosemarie Szostak
Manager, Environmental Footprint Program
Philip Morris USA

Dr. Szostak is the manager of the Environmental Footprint Program at Philip Morris USA in Richmond, Virginia. The program objective is to reduce the corporate environmental impact and promote the sustainability of natural resources. Target areas include energy, water, nutrients, and solid waste. She is a former program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the advanced technology research arm of the Defense Department where she led development of complex sustainable technologies from fuel cells to waste-to-energy conversion. Dr. Szostak is a retired professor of chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology and Clark Atlanta University and holds a BSc in chemistry and physics from Georgetown University and a PhD in chemistry from UCLA. She was an AAAS Defense Fellow from 2002-2004.

Paul Tchounwou
Associate Dean, School of Science & Technology
Presidential Distinguished Professor of Biology
Jackson State University

Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou is Associate Dean of the College of Science, Engineering & Technology, Presidential Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Environmental Science Ph.D. Program at Jackson State University. He earned MSPH (Public Health) and Sc.D. (Environmental Toxicology) degrees from Tulane University Medical Center. He is an internationally recognized biomedical scientist, and author of 104 peer-reviewed publications and over 150 presentations at national and international conferences. He is Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Toxicology (John Wiley & Sons, New York) and of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI, Switzerland). He has received several awards for excellence in the profession, including the 2003 Millennium Award for Excellence in Research conferred by the Science and Technology Cluster of the White House Initiative on HBCUs; and the 2001 National Role Model Award for Exemplary Achievements in Mentoring, Counseling and Guiding Others. Dr. Tchounwou is a Fellow of the American Biographical Institute, and is featured in American Registry of Outstanding Professionals; Marquis Who’s Who in American Education; Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare; Who’s Who in Science and Engineering; Who’s Who in South and Southwest; Who’s Who in America; Marquis Who’s Who in the World; and International Who’s Who of Professionals.

Peter van Walsum
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Maine

Dr. Peter van Walsum is Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Maine, where he leads the Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative biological processing research cluster. Prior to coming to U. Maine, van Walsum was assistant and then associate professor of Environmental Studies at Baylor University, TX, where he served as graduate program director. Van Walsum is a professional chemical engineer and has also worked in process engineering for AMEC Americas and Shell Canada.

Peter holds a PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Dartmouth College, as well as Masters and Bachelor degrees in Chemical Engineering from McGill University and a BA in Geology from Williams College, MA. His current research interests include production of biofuels and bioproducts from renewable resources and integration of bioproduct technology into existing bioresource industries such as dairy, aquaculture and pulp and paper.

Daniel A. Wubah
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Professor of Zoology
University of Florida

Daniel A. Wubah is the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida. He earned his B.Sc. (Honors) and Dip. Ed. from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. After graduate studies at the University of Akron, OH and the University of Georgia, GA, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency research lab in Athens, GA. From 1992 through 2000, he went through the faculty ranks from Assistant Professor to become the chair of the Department of Biology at Towson University. He was the Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at James Madison University from 2000 to 2003 and promoted to Professor of Biology in 2002. In 2003, he was appointed the Special Assistant to the President and he served in that capacity until 2007.

Daniel is a microbiologist who studied the obligately anaerobic zoosporic fungi, dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls and fiber degradation in the wood-eating catfish, Panaque. He has taught several undergraduate and graduate courses including general microbiology, medical microbiology, microbial ecology and mycology. He has published one book and more than fifty peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings and technical reports. He has served on committees for the American Society of Microbiology, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Honor Society and the Mycological Society of America. Since 2002, he has directed a summer research experience for undergraduates program in Ghana funded by the National Science Foundation that focuses on ecology, conservation and environmental biology. In addition to state support, his research has been funded by the NSF, United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Institutes of Health. He has served as a member of several review committees and panels for the NSF, NIH, National Research Council and Quality Education for Minorities Network. Currently, he is a member of the governing boards of the National Aquarium in Washington DC and Project Kaleidoscope, and advisory boards for the NSF Biology Directorate, the NSF Office of International Science and Engineering and the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Program at the University of Arizona. He has testified before the US Congress on the scientific workforce of the future.

Zhanping You
Tomasini Asst Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Transportation Materials Research Center
Michigan Technological University

Zhanping You received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in civil engineering. Dr. You is the honored Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Michigan Technological University, and serves as the Director of the Transportation Materials Research Center. He teaches Civil Engineering Materials and Advanced Bituminous Materials at Michigan Tech.

Dr. You’s research interests include asphalt materials characterization and mix design, civil engineering sustainability, performance evaluation and rehabilitation, with an emphasis on micromechanical modeling of asphalt mixture and numerical analysis of pavement structures. His research work has been funded by the NSF, EPA, TxDOT, and MDOT.

Dr. You is a member of a number of technical committees in ASCE and has organized a number of national and international technical conferences. He has received the Dwight David Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship and Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration.

Dr. You has published in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT), ASCE International Journal of Geomechanics, and International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.

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