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Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team


Project Director

Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University, Jingxin.Wang@mail.wvu.edu


Group Leads

Task Group 1: Land reclamation and feedstock production

Jamie Schuler, West Virginia University, Jamie.Schuler@mail.wvu.edu

Zac Freedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, zfreedman@wisc.edu

Task Group 2: Harvest, logistics, and supply chain management

Tim Volk, SUNY - Environmental Science and Forestry, tavolk@esf.edu

Nate Anderson, USDA - FS Rocky Mountain Research Station, nathaniel.m.anderson@usda.gov

Task Group 3: Value-added biomass products

John Hu, West Virginia University, john.hu@mail.wvu.edu

Task Group 4: Sustainability and human dimensions

Zac Freedman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, zfreedman@wisc.edu

Chad Bolding, Virginia Tech, bolding@vt.edu

Task Group 5: System scale-up analysis

Rick Bergman, USDA-FS Forest Products Laboratory, richard.d.bergman@usda.gov

Task Group 6: Education

Dan Ciolkosz, Penn State University, dec109@psu.edu

Task Group 7: Extension and business development

Shawn Grushecky, West Virginia University, Shawn.Grushecky@mail.wvu.edu

Edward Johnstonbaugh, Penn State University, exj11@psu.edu

Task Group 8: Project Coordination and Management

Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University, Jingxin.Wang@mail.wvu.edu

Molly Ramsey, West Virginia University, molly.ramsey1@mail.wvu.edu

Jessica Leahy, University of Maine, jessica.silviculture@gmail.com