Illinois biofuels expert meets with President Bush
On Feb. 23, Illinois plant biology and crops sciences professor Stephen P. Long was one of eight experts to brief President George W. Bush on the science of biofuels and battery technologies. At the two-hour White House meeting, Long gave the president a brief overview of emerging Midwest farm biofuels production opportunities, and answered questions about new biofuels technologies. Long is the deputy director of a new Energy Biosciences Institute announced early this year as part of a $500 million grant to the University of California at Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the UI from the energy company BP. Illinois will lead the new institute’s development of plant feedstocks for biofuels production.
