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Tapping a hidden resource: Academic R&D in the UW System

Madison, Wis. – Eric Singsaas is the kind of professor you might not expect to find at a University of Wisconsin System campus outside Madison or Milwaukee. He’s a Ph.D botanist and biochemist at UW-Stevens Point with expertise in the biological production of hydrocarbons ordinarily made by plants. That puts him on the cusp of the emerging biofuels industry, a potential source of economic growth for Wisconsin.