Anurag Mandalika is assistant professor of research at the LSU Energy Institute. His research interests include biomass and bioenergy, biofuels, waste reduction and valorization, and carbon dioxide removal. Anurag holds a B.S. in biosystems engineering from Clemson University with a minor in environmental engineering and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biological systems engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE).