I have a B.S. in Forestry from Cal Poly Humboldt and a B.S of Forestry from the National Institute of Agriculture at Saigon, South Vietnam. I have worked in the Black Mountain Experimental Forest at the Pacific Southwest Research station's Redding Lab. I also have 15 years of experience on the rain forest focused on the Central High land of South Vietnam, and 6 months in Lao forest. My research is on the integration of mobile torrefaction and pelletization systems for enhanced forest biomass feedstock supply to minimize the transportation cost and facilitate the energy conversion process.