Bioenergy for a growing bioeconomy
CBI Accelerating Innovation
CBI is a interdisciplinary center. We have broad and challenging scientific goals. We strongly believe that the only way to achieve these goals is by engaging multiple viewpoints. This is accomplished by creating a team based environment connecting staff across seventeen partner institutions.
Resilience Goals
To increase feedstock resilience by harnessing natural diversity and beneficial plant-microbe interactions to achieve efficient enhanced water and nutrient utilization, and improved microbial interactions.
Feedstock Development​
Designing high yielding, uniform biomass feedstocks for fuel, chemicals, and materials.
Deconstruction and
Separation
Eliminate the economic impediments related to thermochemical pretreatment and added enzymes through advancement of biomass deconstruction systems.
Conversion to Specialty Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials
Advanced fuels and lignin valorization through a combination of improved microbial platforms and innovative catalytic conversion approaches.