Vegetable Oil: Changing Source of Food, Fuel and Chemicals
Thomas Binder
Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007 at 4:00 pm – LeBaron Hall Auditorium, Rm 1210
Thomas Binder is President of Archer Daniels Midlands Research Division. He joined ADM in 1986 as a research scientist and has held various management positions in process development and fermentation research. He is author or coauthor of eleven patents and eight peer-reviewed publications. He currently serves on the Federal Advisory Committee for Biomass Research. Binder received his PhD in biochemistry from Iowa State University. Iowa State 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series.Cosponsored By:
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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