Dr. Mark Elless is a Technology Manager in the Bioenergy Technologies Office, with a focus on feedstock supply and logistics. Prior to joining BETO in 2012, Mark was the Grants and Alliances Manager at FuturaGene, which focused on the development of woody biomass for biofuel production. Before FuturaGene, Mark was the Director of Grants and Technology at Edenspace Systems Corporation, which focused on the engineering of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced biofuel production. Mark received a B.S. degree in Geology and a M.S. degree in Soil Science from North Dakota State University as well as a PhD in Soil Science from the University of Maryland. He completed his postdoctoral training at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. During his time at BETO, Mark has overseen the release of the Billion Ton 2016 Report, the upcoming Billion Ton 2023 Report, and has developed workshops and funding opportunities on the role of soil carbon and ag practices such as biochar to reduce the carbon intensity of bioenergy feedstocks,