4 minutes with… Donal F. Day, Professor, Audubon Sugar Inst. LSU AgCenter
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy.
Lead organization in development of energycane and sweet sorghum for use as biofuel crops in the deep South
Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months.
Bringing to fruition the first energy crop to sugar syrup processing facility
What do you feel are the most important milestones the industry must achieve in the next 5 years?
Commercialization of the first generation biofuel plants
If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about the Advanced Bioeconomy, what would you change?
Increased input from investors to the scientic-engineering community
Of all the reasons that influenced you to join the Advanced Bioeconomy industry, what single reason stands out for you as still being compelling and important to you?
focused on areas we are interested in.
Where are you from?
New Hanpshire
What was your undergraduate major in college, and where did you attend? Why did you choose that school and that pathway?
biochemistry- Univ of NH. it was the local State University. I always had an interst in biocemistry and microbiology
Who do you consider your mentors – could be personal, business, or just people you have read about and admire. What have you learned from them?
PhD and Post-doc advisors and the director of the Audubon Sugar Institute in 1979
What’s the biggest lesson you ever learned during a period of adversity?
One can always exceed ones believed abilities
What hobbies do you pursue, away from your work in the industry?
History
What are 3 books you’d want to have with you, if you were stranded on a desert island
Survival guide for desert climates
War and Peace
The Bible
What books or articles are on your reading list right now, or you just completed and really enjoyed?
Under the Red Sea sun
Hamburger Hill
Valley of the Shadow
What’s your favorite city or place to visit, for a holiday?
Have not seen the whole word yet
Category: Million Minds