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Babcock named ISU’s Cargill Chair, leader of the Biobased Industry Center Bruce Babcock is ready to focus on the bioeconomy as Iowa State University’s next Cargill Endowed Chair in Energy Economics and director of the university’s Biobased Industry Center. Babcock, an Iowa State professor of economics and current director of the university’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, succeeds James Bushnell, who is now an associate professor of economics at the University of California Davis. An interim director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development is expected to be named soon. As director of the Biobased Industry Center, Babcock will also work with 15 companies and organizations—from fuel producers to agribusinesses to auto manufacturers— interested in the latest bioenergy research.
The center was established in 2008 and is part of Iowa State’s Bioeconomy Institute. It supports interdisciplinary studies of the business, policy, infrastructure and supply chain issues facing the bioeconomy. Ross joins Polsinelli Shughart Energy Polsinelli Shughart Energy welcomed attorney Matthew E. Ross as a shareholder in its business department, where he will focus his practice on all aspects of energy law including assisting clients with developing renewable energy projects and in achieving energy efficient business practices. Ross holds Leadership in Energy Efficient Design profes- Matthew E. Ross sional accreditation,
the leading professional designation for the green building, construction and development industry. Ross focuses his practice on energy law and has extensive experience in renewable energy, from both transactional and regulatory perspectives. He advises project developers, lenders, tax equity investors, private equity funds and technology suppliers and distributors on developing and financing renewable energy projects and on other energy transactions. Ross earned his law degree from the Brooklyn Law School and his bachelor’s from The Johns Hopkins University.
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