People

Co-Directors


Joshua Heyne
Co-Director, Bioproducts Institute
Director, BSEL, WSU Tri-Cities
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, WSU Tri-Cities
Scientist, Energy and Environment Directorate, PNNL
joshua.heyne@wsu.edu

Corinne Fuller
Co-Director, Bioproducts Institute
Market Sector Lead for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Technologies, PNNL
corinne.drennan@pnnl.gov

Joint Appointees


James Amonette
Chemist, PNNL
Research Professor, WSU
jim.amonette@pnnl.gov

Pavlo Bohutskyi
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
Research Professor, WSU
pavlo.bohutskyi@pnnl.gov

John Cort
Chemist, PNNL
Research Associate Professor, WSU
john.cort@pnnl.gov

David Heldebrant
Laboratory Fellow, PNNL
Research Associate Professor, WSU
david.heldebrant@pnnl.gov

Hongfei Lin
Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, BSEL, WSU
Scientist, PNNL
hongfei.lin@wsu.edu

Jean-Sabin McEwen
Associate Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, WSU
Staff Scientist, PNNL
js.mcewen@wsu.edu

Francesca Pierobon
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
Research Assistant Professor, WSU
francesca.pierobon@pnnl.gov

Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Chief Chemical Engineer, PNNL
Research Professor, WSU
karthi@pnnl.gov

Michael Thorson
Senior Research Engineer, PNNL
Research Professor, WSU
michael.thorson@pnnl.gov

Huamin Wang
Senior Research Engineer, PNNL
Research Professor, WSU
huamin.wang@pnnl.gov

Yong Wang
Regents Professor and Voiland Distinguished Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, WSU
Lab Fellow and Associate Director for the Institute of Integrated Catalysis, PNNL
wang42@wsu.edu

Bin Yang
Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, BSEL, WSU
Engineer, PNNL
bin.yang@wsu.edu

Jinwen Zhang
Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WSU
Chief Scientist, PNNL
jwzhang@wsu.edu

Xiao Zhang
Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, BSEL, WSU
Scientist, PNNL
x.zhang@wsu.edu

Affiliated Researchers


Birgitte Ahring
Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, BSEL, WSU
bka@wsu.edu

Chrissi Antonopoulos
Senior Analyst, PNNL
chrissi.antonopoulos@pnnl.gov

Alex Beliaev
Team Leader, PNNL
alex.beliaev@pnnl.gov


Randall Boehm
Associate Research Professor, BSEL, WSU
randall.boehm@wsu.edu

Shulin Chen
Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, WSU
chens@wsu.edu

Andre Coleman
Data Scientist, PNNL
andre.coleman@pnnl.gov

Vanessa Dagle
Research and Development Scientist, PNNL
vanessa.dagle@pnnl.gov

Robert Dagle
Senior Research Engineer, PNNL
robert.dagle@pnnl.gov

Karl Englund
Associate Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU
englund@wsu.edu

Carlos Fernandez
Chief Chemical Engineer, PNNL
carlos.fernandez@pnnl.gov

Leo Fifield
Chief Scientist, PNNL
leo.fifield@pnnl.gov

Michael Huesemann
Senior Research Engineer, PNNL
michael.huesemann@pnnl.gov

Yuan Jiang
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
yuan.jiang@pnnl.gov

Uriah Kilgore
Chemical Conversions Scientist, PNNL
uriah.kilgore@pnnl.gov

Chad Kruger
Director, CSANR, WSU
cekruger@wsu.edu

Hanwu Lei
Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, BSEL, WSU
hlei@wsu.edu

Daniel Merkel
Materials Scientist, PNNL
daniel.merkel@pnnl.gov

Pimphan Aye Meyer
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
pimphan.meyer@pnnl.gov

Mariefel Olarte
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
mariefel.olarte@pnnl.gov

Miki Santosa
Chemical Engineer, PNNL
daniel.santosa@pnnl.gov

Andrew Schmidt
Equity Research Analyst, PNNL
andy.schmidt@pnnl.gov

Kevin Simmons
Chief Materials Scientist, PNNL
kl.simmons@pnnl.gov

Peter Valdez
Process Developer and Analyst, PNNL
peter.valdez@pnnl.gov

Mark Wigmosta
Environmental Engineer, PNNL
mark.wigmosta@pnnl.gov

Michael Wolcott
Regents Professor, Composite Materials Engineering Center, WSU
wolcott@wsu.edu

Vikram Yadama
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU
vyadama@wsu.edu

Georgine Yorgey
Associate Director, CSANR, WSU
yorgey@wsu.edu

DGRP Students


Brian Bliss
2021 Cohort
Materials Science and Engineering
brian.bliss@wsu.edu
WSU Advisor: Jinwen Zhang
PNNL Advisor: Kevin Simmons

Anthony Tushar Giduthuri
2020 Cohort
Chemical Engineering
anthony.giduthuri@wsu.edu
WSU Advisor: Birgitte Ahring
PNNL Advisor: Karthikeyan Ramasamy

Austin Gluth
2021 Cohort
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
austin.gluth@wsu.edu
WSU Advisor: Bin Yang
PNNL Advisor: Wei-Jun Qian

Zach Johnson
2022 Cohort
Biological Systems Engineering
zachary.johnson1@wsu.edu
WSU Advisor: Bin Yang
PNNL Advisor: Pavlo Bohutskyi

Kavin Thangaraj
2022 Cohort
Chemical Engineering
k.thangaraj@wsu.edu
WSU Advisor: Xiao Zhang
PNNL Advisor: Venky Prabhakaran

Staff


Cristy Glen
Principal Assistant, BSEL, WSU
cristy.glen@wsu.edu

Katarina Younkin
Project Coordinator, PNNL
katarina.younkin@pnnl.gov