Roger Ruan
University of Minnesota, USA
Biography
Roger Ruan is the Director of Center for Biorefining and Professor of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota, USA and Fellow of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. He has published over 400 papers in refereed journals, books, and book chapters, and over 300 meeting papers and other reports, and holds 18 US patents. He is also a top cited author in the area of agricultural and biological sciences. He has supervised over 65 graduate students, 110 Postdoctors, Research Fellows, and other Engineers and Scientists, and 12 of his PhD students and 8 other Postdoctors hold university faculty positions. He has received over 160 projects totaling over $40 million in various funding for research, including major funding from USDA, DOE, DOT, DOD, and industries. He has served as Guest Editor and/or Editorial Board Member of Bioresource Technology, etc. and Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the board for International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.