Professor Adrien Finzi is participating in a large collaborative DOE-supported center grant. This new $104M center is designed to lay the scientific groundwork for a new bio-based economy that promises to yield a range of important new products and fuels derived directly from nonfood biomass. The University of Illinois is the lead institution with over 16 partner institutions, of which the Finzi Lab is one. With $2.5M in funding for the next five years, Finzi will be working with members of the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation [CABBI] to develop advanced bioenergy products while simultaneously helping to solve climate change through enhanced carbon sequestration.