john verkade

The latest university-oil company partnership for biofuel research will be at Iowa State University, courtesy of ConocoPhillips. The oil company will pay $22.5 million over eight years to fund a Biofuels Research Program at the school. The goal is to develop new renewable fuels that can be used for ...

About 40 years ago, Iowa State Chemistry professor John Verkade based his doctoral dissertation on a chemical compound, and only realized a few years ago that it may very well hold the key to breaking down the cellulose that forms the structure of a plant's cell walls. The way the story goes is ...