"Bob Richardson was an extraordinary physicist who used his deep understanding of the scientific enterprise to shape the course of research at Cornell and nationally, " said Cornell President David Skorton.
Our Advisory Board consists of Jonathan Cole (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies), Karin Limburg (SUNY-Syracuse), David Pimentel (Cornell University), W. Kenneth Smail (Kenyon College) and Madeline Weld (Population Institute Canada).
Two well-known cynics, David Pimentel of Cornell and Tad Patzek of UC, Berkeley, calculate that producing a gallon of corn ethanol consumes 29% more fossil fuel energy than the ethanol displaces.