Jason's research areas include lifecycle assessment, GIS resource evaluation, systems engineering, economic modeling, and design optimization. He is currently working on research projects focused on microalgae growth modeling and experimentation for model validation, emissions from microalgae cultivation, growth sensitivity to temperature, and economic evaluation of large scale microalgae to biofuels. Jason received a Ph.D in mechanical engineering from Colorado State with his research focused on microalgae biofuels, a M.S. in nuclear engineering and engineering physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked on a high temperature plasma science research program focused on fusion energy and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University.