Dr. Shulin Chen is a Professor of Biological Systems Engineering and the leader of the Bioprocessing and Bioproduct Engineering Laboratory (BBEL) at Washington State University (WSU). He received his PhD in Biological and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University in 1991. Dr. Chen’s research interest is in industrial biosystems engineering applications to bioenergy and bioproducts. Dr. Chen has published over 150 refereed journal papers, and contributed to 12 invited book chapters. He currently directs research initiatives advancing sciences and technologies on integrated algal system for biofuel, lignocellulosics processing and cellulosic lipid production, new generation of anaerobic digestion technologies, and multi-scale modeling of biorefineries.