ABSTRACT
Girma Biresaw received his PhD in physical organic chemistry from the University of California, Davis, and spent 4 years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara, investigating reaction kinetics and products in surfactant-based organized assemblies. He then joined the Aluminum Company of America as a scientist and conducted research in tribology, surface/colloid science, and adhesion for 12 years. Subsequently, he joined the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Peoria, Illinois, in 1998 as a research chemist, and became a lead scientist in 2002. At ARS, Biresaw conducts research in tribology, adhesion, and surface/colloid science in support of programs aimed at developing biobased products from farm-based raw materials. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. To date, Biresaw has authored/coauthored more than 200 invited and contributed scientic publications and presentations, including more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 6 patents, 2 edited books, more than 30 proceedings and book chapters, and more than 100 scientic abstracts.
