Contact Info:
Dept. of Sustainable Biomaterials
Room 216, ICTAS II, 1110 Washington Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-8854; Fax: (540) 231-8176
Email: goodell@vt.edu
Research Interests:
Conducts research and teaches in the areas of sustainable biomaterials, wood structural materials, bioconversion and bioenergy, structural biocomposites, and sustainable nanomaterials fields. He holds a Doctorate from Oregon State University was previously a Professor at the University of Maine in the USA. Goodell served previously as the Head of the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials Department which was restructured with that name under Goodell's leadership. He currently serves as a Professor in that department at Virginia Tech. Dr. Goodell has published over one hundred articles on fungal degradation, protection and bioconversion of wood and bio-based materials. He has an international reputation in biomaterials degradation and protection, biochemical mechanisms related to free radical bioconversion processes, engineered wood composites as related to FRPs and PMCs and the development of novel products including adva nced hybrid biocomposites. He also holds four patents and two provisional patents, with other patents pending.
Barry S. Goodell
Professor
