Bioenergy Opportunities and Challenges Scientists in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in partnership with colleagues throughout Cornell and other institutions are working to provide answers to important questions about biofuels.
This web page highlights a few of our current research activities. For more information, please view our brochure; and click here to view the announcement of our recent seminar that hosted a panel of 12 researchers and program managers from Crop and Soil Sciences and other departments at Cornell University. Each presented a 5-minute "snapshot" of their work related to bioenergy and greenhouse gases, followed by a panel discussion to discuss research and educational needs for bioenergy and greenhouse gases. Please click here to view the video of that seminar, held on February 14, 2008.
- Corn for grain, feed, solid and liquid biofuels
- Perennial grasses for solid and liquid fuels
- The living soil - microbes and nutrient cycles
- Pyrolysis and biochar for greenhouse gas mitigation and improved soil health
- Oil crops for biodiesel
- Food, feed, fiber and fuel production in developing countries
- Geospatial sustainability analysis
Faculty expertise:
Harold van Es, Professor and Department Chair, Soil and Water Quality
William Cox, Department Extension Leader; Grain and Bioenergy Cropping Systems
Peter Woodbury, Bioenergy Systems and Sustainability Analysis
Jerome Cherney, Perennial Bioenergy Crops
Antonio DiTommaso, Invasive Bioenergy Plants
John Duxbury, Soil Chemistry; Bioenergy Sustainability Analysis
Daniel Buckley, Soil Microbial Ecology
Johannes Lehmann, Soil and Biochar Biogeochemistry
John Gaunt, Soil Carbon Management
Deborah Grantham, Renewable Energy Education
Russ Hahn, Weeds in Bioenergy Crops
Peter Hobbs, International Cropping Systems
Julie Lauren, Soil Fertility and Greenhouse Gas Losses
Jeffrey Melkonian, Crop, Soil and Environmental Modeling
Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Soil Resource Inventory
Tim Setter, Crop Physiology
Janice Thies, Soil Ecology; Biochar Research
Peter B. Woodbury, Environmental Modeling / Agricultural Sustainability Analysis / Soil, Air and Water Quality
Click here to view relevant publications by the faculty listed above.
Primary contact: Peter Woodbury, Senior Research Associate Coordinator, CSS Bioenergy and GreenHouse Gases Initiative
Email: CSS-BIOENERGY@CORNELL.EDU
Phone: 607-255-5459
