Dr. Clay Wheeler

FBRI’s faculty represent an unusually diverse,

multi-disciplinary research project. From the forest floor to the factory floor, FBRI gathers existing research and funds new research, focusing it toward a common goal: the creation of a sustainable bio-economy based on the potential of wood.

 

Resource Economics, Forest Science, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Enginering, Wood Science and Technology……FBRI draws its strength from the depth and range of its researchers’ expertise….and its innovative opportunity for collaborations between various and diverse disciplines.

 

FBRI Managing Director

Hemant Pendse, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

 

FBRI Scientific Director

Stephen M. Shaler, Professor of Wood Science & Technology

 

FBRI Industry Outreach Liaison

Michael Bilodeau, Director, Process Development Center

Dr. Barbara Cole

 

FBRI Landowner Outreach Liaison

Robert G. Wagner, Director, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit

 

Maine NSF EPSCoR Associate Project Director

Vicki Nemeth, Director of Research Administration

 

FBRI Staff

Cynthia Growe, FBRI Administrative Assistant

Jennifer Dunham, EPSCoR Administrative Asistant

Martin Lawoko, Analytical Chemist, FBRI research

Justin Crouse, Research Assistant, FBRI research

Nathan Hill, Scientific Technician

 

FBRI Research Team

Kathleen Bell, Assistant Professor of Resource Economics

Jeff Benjamin, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations Science

Douglas W. Bousfield, Professor Chemical & Biological Engineering

Barbara J.W. Cole, Professor of Chemistry

William DeSisto, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering

Kate Dickerson, Research Associate, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

Darrell W. Donahue, Professor and Program Coordinator for Biological Engineering

Raymond C. Fort, Professor of Chemistry

Brian Frederick, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST)

Douglas Gardner, Professor of Wood Science & Technology

Joe Genco, Professor of Chemical Engineering, L.C. Calder Professor of Forest Research

Anthony Halog, Associate Professor in Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Analysis

Jody Jellison, Professor of Molecular Plant Pathology

Nancy Kravit, Adjunt Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jessica Leahy, Assistant Professor of Parks, Forest Recreation, and Tourism

Rob Lilieholm, Associate Professor of Forest Resources and E L Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy

Paul J. Millard, Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering

David J. Neivandt, Associate Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Terry B. Porter, Assistant Professor of Management
Jonathan Rubin, Associate Professor of Resource Economics & Policy

Adriaan R.P. van Heiningen, J. Larcom Ober Professor of Chemical Engineering

Peter van Walsum, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Aaron Weiskittel, Assistant Professor of Forest Biometrics and Modeling

Clay Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Jeremy Wilson, Irving Chair for Forest Ecosystem Management

 

 

Post Doctorate Research Fellows

Byung-Hwan Um, Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Han-Seung Yang, Post-Doctoral Associate in Cellulose Nanocomposites

Gurbakhash Bhander, Post-Doctoral Associate in Life Cycle Analysis

Rongxia Li, Post-Doctoral Associate in Forest Biometrics

 

 

Cooperating Faculty

Greg Norris, Sylvatica

Timothy Rials, Director, Tennessee Forest Products Center

Richard Siegel, Director, Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center