Join us
Join us at the Mid-Atlantic Sustainable Bioproducts & Bioenergy (MASBio) Conference
and:
- Connect with agency, academic, and industry leaders in energy and bioproducts
- Support sustainable innovation in the Mid-Atlantic region
Registration link: https://go.ncsu.edu/masbio
MASBio's 2024 Annual Meeting:
MASBio's 2025 Annual Meeting was held on September 10-12th
in SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY. The agenda included a field trip, highlights
of MASBio task groups, stakeholder engagemnet, and industry partners panel discussion,
breakout sessions, student panel and poster sessions, and other interaction activities.
On September 10, attendees had a tour at SUNY ESF in Tully, NY, featuring
discussions on chestnut and willow research, including the longest-running
willow trial in the U.S. and transgenic American chestnuts with enhanced
blight tolerance. The group also visited the Solvay site for a solar panel
overview and explored willow evapotranspiration covers.
"Signifying MASBio Deliverables for the Regional Bioeconomic Impacts"
On Wednesday, activities began with a welcome from Dr. Jingxin Wang, Dr. Tim
Volk, and Christopher Nowak SUNY ESF's Forest Resources Management, followed
by presentations highlighting MASBio Technical Groups (TGs). Breakout
sessions focused on "Ripple Effects". The panel discussion covered
policy and socio-economic perspectives of growing a regional bioeconomy, featuring
experts:
- Marissa Jordan, Senior Behavioral Scientist, Evidn, NY, USA
- Danielle Kloster, Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Resources
Management, SUNY-ESF
- Tristan Brown, Director of the Bioeconomy Development Institute and Associate
Professor, Department of Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY-ESF, Task
Group 4 Sustainability Lead
- Tim Volk, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sustainable Resources
Management, SUNY-ESF, Lead of Task Group 2 Harvesting Logistics
Participants engaged in breakout sessions on stakeholder interactions and concurrent
discussions on MASBio's work and impacts, while students had one-on-one interactions
with faculty. The day wrapped up with a poster session and dinner.
Poster Session Graduate Student Competition Winners:
- First Place: Mica Keck, PhD student at NC State University.
- Second Place: Gundeep Kaur, PhD student at SUNY-ESF.
- Third Place: Piumi Jayalath, PhD student at SUNY-ESF, and Jinghan Zhao, PhD
student at NC State University.
Poster Session Undergraduate Student Competition Winners:
- First Place: Ameris Chadband, West Virginia State University.
- Second Place: Jana Whitlock, West Virginia State University.
- Connect with agency, academic, and industry leaders in energy and bioproducts
- Support sustainable innovation in the Mid-Atlantic region
On Wednesday, activities began with a welcome from Dr. Jingxin Wang, Dr. Tim Volk, and Christopher Nowak SUNY ESF's Forest Resources Management, followed by presentations highlighting MASBio Technical Groups (TGs). Breakout sessions focused on "Ripple Effects". The panel discussion covered policy and socio-economic perspectives of growing a regional bioeconomy, featuring experts:
- Marissa Jordan, Senior Behavioral Scientist, Evidn, NY, USA
- Danielle Kloster, Assistant Professor, Department of Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY-ESF
- Tristan Brown, Director of the Bioeconomy Development Institute and Associate Professor, Department of Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY-ESF, Task Group 4 Sustainability Lead
- Tim Volk, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY-ESF, Lead of Task Group 2 Harvesting Logistics
Poster Session Graduate Student Competition Winners:
- First Place: Mica Keck, PhD student at NC State University.
- Second Place: Gundeep Kaur, PhD student at SUNY-ESF.
- Third Place: Piumi Jayalath, PhD student at SUNY-ESF, and Jinghan Zhao, PhD student at NC State University.
Poster Session Undergraduate Student Competition Winners:
- First Place: Ameris Chadband, West Virginia State University.
- Second Place: Jana Whitlock, West Virginia State University.
Our Y4 Progress
• Willow Cutting Length Study
• Herbicide Trials for Willow Establishment
• Characterization of biochar and metal uptake associated with various crops
Looking ahead: Click here to learn more
• Policy Engagement Interaction with Congressional staffers
• Supply Chain Modeling Developing
• Harvesting practices for short-rotation woody crops
• Synthesize Bio-Adhesive from Lignin
• USDA funding to study thermal treatment severity and production of organic compounds
• Logging residue’s pretreatment and thermal decomposition characteristics
• Submission of a proposal focused on SAF
• Sustainable production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
• Research on bioplastics in construction
• Kinetic modeling for lignin-based bio-adhesives and
• New approach to biomass hydrolysis with decrystallization
• Teacher Training Session
• Graduate Seminar Course
• Training and Professional Development
• Pollinator Power: Biochar & Bloom Initiative
• Char21: Advanced Stormwater Filtration
MASBio's Year 5 Journey
"Your dedication, commitment, and hard work have been invaluable to our progress. As we look ahead to Year 5 of the MASBio, we are excited to continue building on the momentum we’ve created and delivering more impactful MASBio innovations and business development. The challenges we face are significant, but with the continued support and collaboration of the MASBio team and partners, we are confident that MASBio will keep leading the way in sustainable feedstock production and commercialization of biochar, sustainable aviation fuel, and other bioproducts."
Dr. Jingxing Wang, Project Director