Mission
The AAIC is an international, nonprofit educational and scientific organization established to
- Encourage and promote the activities of those involved in the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from industrial crops
- Educate and inform our members and others through national and international meetings and conferences
- Provide the public, industry, and government policy makers with expert scientific, engineering, and business information on developments in the utilization and commercialization of industrial products from agricultural crops.
Board of Directors
President: Marisol Berti (North Dakota State University)
President-Elect: Grisel Ponciano (USDA, ARS, BRU)
Past President: Ana Luisa Fernando (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Secretary: Valtcho Jeliazkov (Oregon State University)
Treasurer: Burton L. Johnson (North Dakota State University)
Web content manager: Chen Dong (USDA, ARS, BRU)
Divisions and Chairs
General Crops and Products: Efi Alexopoulou (CRES)
Fiber and Cellulosic Crops: Dilpreet S. Bajwa (Montana State University)
Medicinal & Nutraceutical Plants: vacant
Natural Rubber and Resins: Manuel Carmona Delgado (UCLM)
Oilseeds: James V. Anderson (USDA, ARS, WIBRU)
Newsletter Editor
Ana Luisa Fernando
(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal),
Membership and Conference Registrar
Rocel Cruz
(Bridgestone Americas, Inc.)
Program Abstract Editor
Marisol Berti (NDSU)