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Adam Liska is an expert in biofuels, life cycle assessment, greenhouse gas emissions, and soils. He teaches about energy sciences, bioenergy, biofuels, and climate change. He has published more than 10 journal articles about the life cycle of corn-ethanol, sweet sorghum-ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol, which includes how biofuels made from crop residue can reduce soil carbon and increase carbon dioxide emissions compared to gasoline. He has also performed a life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. beef cattle. He has also published more than five articles about the use of distillers grains for beef cattle feed in life cycle of corn-ethanol production. (Updated November 2024)