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The group appears diverse in terms of age, gender, and attire." /> <figcaption class="widget-image-caption wp-caption-text">The Center for Bioenergy Innovation’s annual meeting in July 2024 drew some 200 participants, with a special focus on early career scientists.</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b716382" data-id="b716382" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3fb3eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="3fb3eec" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">CBI annual meeting features focus on early career scientists</h1> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element 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<p>Presentations by science focus teams followed over the course of the meeting, covering rapid genetics, deconstruction, switchgrass, computational biology, poplar, consolidated bioprocessing to intermediates, lignin valorization, catalytic upgrading, sustainable aviation fuel, and economics and land use modeling.</p> <p>The meeting also featured a keynote by research and development lead Nelson Barton of sustainable materials and products firm Geno, as he presented on lessons learned in bioconversion scaleup.</p> <p>A total of 21 early career scientists presented flash talks during the meeting, along with six flash talks from scientists visiting from other Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Centers: the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, and the Joint BioEnergy Institute.</p> <p>“CBI’s annual gatherings enable critical discussions among our scientists from multiple institutions and disciplinary backgrounds,” Tuskan said. “Hearing in-person about the latest results and brainstorming new ideas and approaches strengthens the collaborative nature of our work as we pursue solutions for a robust and sustainable bioeconomy supply chain.”</p> <p>Best Poster awards went to: Amith Devireddy (ORNL), for the poplar team; Samikshya Rijal (University of Georgia) for the switchgrass team, Margaret Bales (ORNL) for the rapid genetics team, Andrew Linz (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) for the deconstruction team, Chanaka (Roshan) Abeyratne (ORNL) for the computational biology team, Jake Kenny (NREL) for the technoeconomic/life cycle analysis team, Angel Pech (Dartmouth College) for the consolidated bioprocessing team; Austin Carroll (ORNL) for the lignin valorization team; and Meijun Li (ORNL) for the catalysis team.</p> <p>CBI also honored Debra Mohnen of UGA with a Best Team Player Award, and Gregg Beckham of NREL with a Best Collaborator Award.</p> <p>The meeting included an Early Career dinner, 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