ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Larry P. Walker
Professor, Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering: Cornell University
Dr. Larry P. Walker is a national leader in biofuels and industrial biotechnology, and he is currently the Director of the Northeast Sun Grant Institute of Excellence - leading a fourteen-state regional research and economic development program focused on biofuels and bioproducts. Dr. Walker has been involved in a number of biomass to energy projects during his 27 years as a Cornell professor, including an assessment of New York State biomass resources available for ethanol production, farm-scale methane production and co-generation, the application of nanotechnology to discover and study important biocatalysts for biofuels and industrial biotechnology, and the optimization of solid-state fermentation for the production of natural products. He serves on the Executive Committee for the National Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC) based at Cornell University. Some of Dr. Walker’s extramural activities include past membership on the National Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, current Co-Editor in Chief for the journal, Industrial Biotechnology, and current membership on the American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE) Higher-Education Committee. Dr. Walker is a recent recipient of a New York Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) faculty development award.
