Kurt Creamer, P.E., is Connectivity and Grant Manager, Novozymes North America. Kurt started his career at Battelle Memorial Institute as a Research Engineer, leading both product and process development tasks in the Fuels and Combustion Department. On the process development side, Kurt led tasks in gasification and combustion of biomass, municipal solid waste, and other fuels. Prior to joining Novozymes, Kurt held several positions with NC State University (NCSU), beginning with Assistant Director of the Office of Technology Transfer, where he was responsible for managing university intellectual property and commercializing university inventions. He later joined the North Carolina Solar Center at NCSU, managing projects in the areas of biomass energy and the production of biofuels. On behalf of the NC State Energy Office, Kurt organized the North Carolina Biomass Council to promote economic development, a reduction in greenhouse gas and other emissions, and energy security through the utilization of biomass (including biofuels, bioproducts and biopower), in the State of North Carolina. In this role, Kurt produced and co-authored The North Carolina Biomass Roadmap: Recommendations for Fossil Fuel Displacement through Biomass Utilization. Also at NCSU, Kurt managed the "Energy Crops for North Carolina Program" funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation to evaluate energy crops for North Carolina.
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Thanks to Sarah Ashton, Rachel Cook, Lindsey Hannum, James Jeuck, Liwei Lin, James McCarter, Susan McIntyre, and Mark Megalos for providing notes and summaries for presentations.