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Larry P. Walker
2007 BAE Distinguished Alumni
Larry P. Walker, Ph.D.
Professor, Biological and
Environmental Engineering, and
Director, Northeast Sun Grant Institute of Excellence
Cornell University, Ithaca, NYDr. Larry Walker joined the Cornell faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering conducting research and educational activities concentrating on renewable resources and energy.
While at Michigan State University, Dr. Walker received his Bachelor of Science in Physics (1974) and Doctorate of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering (1978) focusing on agricultural processing.
At Cornell, Dr. Walker has been involved in a number of biomass-to-energy projects including an assessment of New York State biomass resources available for ethanol production, farm-scale methane production and co-generation, and an assessment of the molecular mechanisms of cellulose degrading enzymes for the production of fermentable sugars.
Dr. Walker is a recent recipient of a New York
Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) faculty development award focused on integrating nanobiotechnology with his industrial biotechnology research and development activities. He is the Director of the Northeast Sun Grant Institute of Excellence, and a member of the Biomolecular Devices and Analysis Program of the National Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC). In addition, Dr. Walker is the Co-Editor in Chief for the journal, Industrial Biotechnology, and a member of a recent National Academy of Science committee that reviewed the Department of Energy’s Genomics System Biology program. He has also been active with the Biotechnology Industrial Organization (BIO) in planning the last three world conferences on industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing.This article was written for publication in the Senior Design Showcase Program, April 17, 2007. Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Newsletter, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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