The Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research announced Robert Brown and Lisa Schulte Moore will serve as co-directors of the nationally renowned Bioeconomy Institute (BEI).
Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering now serves as BEI Director of Engineering Technologies. Schulte Moore, Professor of Natural Resource Ecology, Director of the Consortium for Cultivating Human and Naturally reGenerative Enterprises (C-CHANGE) and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, is serving in the role of BEI Director of Regenerative Agriculture.
“Dr. Brown and Dr. Schulte Moore are esteemed for their creative research and scholarly pursuits not only at Iowa State but across the nation as well,” said Peter Dorhout, ISU Vice President for Research. “As co-directors of the Bioeconomy Institute, they will channel their respective areas of expertise and work collaboratively with each other, with teams across the university and with outside institutions and industry to innovate new solutions that sustainably expand our nation’s bio-based economy.”