Wei Liao
Contact Information
Phone:
(517) 432-7205
Email:
liaow@msu.edu
Professor
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Biography
Dr. Wei Liao is a professor and the director of MSU Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC) at the department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering. His research group and center currently work on cross-disciplinary research topics of biological conversion of organic residues into bioenergy/chemical products, algal cultivation to capture CO2 and generate value-added products, and integration of solar, biological, and electrochemical technologies to develop novel waste utilization systems.
Education
- Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, December 2005, Washington State University
- M.S., Biotechnology, December 1996, Wuxi University of Light Industry, China
- B.S., Fermentation Engineering & Technology, July 1994, Wuxi University of Light Industry, China
Research Lab
Liao Research GroupSelected Publications
- Chen, R., Li, R., Dietz, L., Liu, Y., Stevenson, J., Liao, W. 2011. Freshwater algal cultivation with animal waste for nutrient removal and biomass accumulation. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy (Accepted).
- Frear, C., Liao, W., Ewing, T., Chen, S. 2011. Evaluation of co-digestion at a commercial dairy anaerobic digester. Journal of CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water 39(7), 697-704.
- Yue, Z., Teater, C., MacLellan, J., Liu, Y., Liao, W. 2011. Development of a new bioethanol feedstock - anaerobically digested fiber from confined dairy operations using different digestion configurations. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy 35, 1946-1953.
- Li, Z., Liu, Y., Liao, W., Chen, S., Zemetra, R. S. 2011. Bioethanol production using genetically modified and mutant wheat and barley straws. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy 35, 542-548.
- Teater, C., Yue, Z., MacLellan, J., Liu, Y., Liao, W. 2011. Assessing solid digestate from anaerobic digestion as feedstock for ethanol production. Bioresource Technology 102, 1856-1862.
