Dr. Lope G. Tabil is a Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan. The areas of research in which he works and maintains interest include bioprocess engineering, value-added engineering, and the postharvest handling of crops. He has also conducted applied research and managed development projects related to the value-added processing of agricultural products, including storage, drying and cooling, and physical properties of agricultural and biological materials. For the past few years, he has been working on projects dealing with the utilization of flax straw as fiber reinforcement for biocomposites, bioplastic development from pulse starch, and postharvest treatment for red-lentil milling. His current projects include the preprocessing and densification of biomass for the biorefinery and conversion of lignocellulosic waste into bioproducts among many others. Dr. Tabil continues to work in and have interest in projects such as agricultural waste and processing byproduct utilization and the processing of agricultural materials into industrial products.