In Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) said that the Department of Energy’s Center for Bioenergy Innovation, led by ORNL, recently added three new members to its board of directors. The new members are Deborah Crawford of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Susan Hubbard of ORNL; and Maureen McCann of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The board provides strategic oversight and operational guidance to CBI to ensure the center’s success and impact as it accelerates cost-effective substitutes for petroleum-derived fuels and products. CBI is one of four Bioenergy Research Centers sponsored by the DOE Office of Science Biological and Environmental Research Program. CBI and its predecessor, the Bioenergy Science Center, have for 15 years brought together researchers from multiple institutions to advance discoveries for hardy nonfood crops and microbes to break down and convert plant biomass to clean fuels and products. The center is currently focused on developing biobased jet fuels to decarbonize the aviation sector.
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