Montana State University algae research could make biofuel production more economical

Backed by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the research team — which includes scientists from University of Toledo and University of North Carolina — is in the early stages of a three-year project aimed at developing a biofuel process that could bypass a limitation that has long hampered the industry, according to Robin Gerlach, MSU professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

“This could transform the algae biofuel industry,” said Gerlach, one of the project’s principal investigators.