Edwin H. White
Associate Director, Renewable Energy Initiative of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems; Coordinator, Biomass Programs and Professor
345 Illick Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6732
ehwhite@esf.edu

• Vita

Highest Education:

Ph.D., Auburn University, Auburn (Soil Science), 1968.
Postdoctoral, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1970

Areas of Study:

Soils ecology, effect of acid rain on forest soils, biomass utilization and production, biofuels

Courses Taught:

FOR 496 Biomasss Utilization and Production (Undergradaute Seminar)
FOR 796 Biomasss Utilization and Production (Graduate Seminar)

Selected Recent Publications/Presentations:

Smart, L.B., T.A. Volk, J. Lin, R.F. Kopp, I.S. Phillips, K.D. Cameron, E.H. White and L.P. Abrahamson. 2005. Genetic improvement of shrub willow (Salix spp.) crops for bioenergy, bioproducts, and environmental applications. Unasylva. 56:51-55.

Tharakan, P.J., T.A. Volk, C.A. Lindsey, L.P. Abrahamson and E.H. White. 2005. Evaluating the impact of three incentive programs on cofiring willow biomass with coal in New York State. Energy Policy 33(3):337-347.

Volk, T.A., T. Verwijst, P.J. Tharakan, L.P. Abrahamson and E.H. White. 2004. Growing Energy: Assessing the Sustainability of Willow Short-Rotation Woody Crops. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(8):411-418.

Adegbidi, H.G., R.D. Biggs, T.A. Volk, E.H. White and L.P. Abrahamson. 2003. Effect of organic amendments and slow-release nitrogen fertilizer on willow biomass production and soil chemical characteristics. Biomass and Bioenergy 25(4):389-398.

Tharakan, P.J., T.A. Volk, L.P. Abrahamson and E.H. White. 2003. Energy feedstock characteristics of willow and hybrid poplar clones at harvest age. Biomass and Bioenergy 25:571-580.

Adegbidi, H.G., T.A. Volk, E.H. White, L.P. Abrahamson, R.D. Briggs and D.H. Bickelhaupt. 2001. Biomass and nutrient removal by willow clones in experimental bioenergy plantations in New York State. Biomass and Bioenergy 20(6):399-411.

Kopp, R.F., L.P. Abrahamson, E.H. White, T.A. Volk, C.A. Nowak, and R.C. Fillhart. 2001. Willow biomass production during ten successive annual harvests. Biomass and Bioenergy 20(1):1-7.

Abrahamson, L.P., D.J. Robison, T.A. Volk, E.H. White, E.F. Neuhauser, W.H. Benjamin, and J.M. Peterson. 1998. Sustainability and environmental issues associated with willow bioenergy development in New York (USA). Biomass and Bioenergy 15(1):17-22.