Dr. Strobel’s current work focuses on the endophytic fungus, Gliocladium roseum, that he discovered in Patagonia. Gliocladium roseum has been shown to produce many of the same hydrocarbons found in diesel fuel. Strobel has dubbed the products of this fungus “myco-diesel.”
MSU and Dr. Strobel will be conducting research on Gliocladium roseum in partnership with his son, Scott Strobel, chair of Yale University’s Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.
