Jun Zhu to Speak at Department of Food Science
Professor Jun Zhu will present "Sustaining Agriculture and Rural Communities for the 21st Century" at 3:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in Room D-2 of the Department of Food Science. The Food Science building is located at 2650 N. Young Ave.
Zhu is a professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas. He also serves as the area director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability in the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Before joining the University of Arkansas, Zhu was professor in the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota.
His research interests include developing advanced technologies to convert agricultural production wastes such as livestock and poultry manure, crop residues, and lignocellulosic biomass to renewable energies and materials. Zhu also teaches a sustainability engineering course titled Sustainable Biosystem Engineering for graduating seniors in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Arkansas.
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Connie Tharel, administrative specialist II
Food Science
479-575-4605,
ctharel@uark.edu
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