1. Metal Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals (Pierre Gallezot)2. Current Catalytic Processes for Biomass Conversion (Hirokazu Kobayashi, Atsushi Fukuoka)3. Emerging Catalysis for 5-HMF Formation from Cellulosic Carbohydrates (Z. Conrad Zhang)4. Trends and Challenges in Catalytic Biomass Conversion (Christian Marup Osmundsen, Kresten Egeblad, Esben Taarning)5. Catalytic Processes of Lignocellulosic Feedstock Conversion for Production of Furfural, Levulinic Acid, and Formic Acid-Based Fuel Components (B. Kamm, M. Gerhardt, G. Dautzenberg)6. Synthetic Biology for Biomass Conversion (Christopher E. French, Damian K. Barnard, Eugene Fletcher, Steven D. Kane, Sahreena Saleem Lakhundi, Chao-Kuo Liu, Alistair Elfick)7. Hybrid Plant Systems for Breeding and Gene Confinement in Bioenergy Crops (Albert P. Kausch, Adam Deresienski, Joel Hague, Michael Tilelli, Stephen L. Dellaporta, Kimberly Nelson, Yi Li)8. An Introduction to Pyrolysis and Catalytic Pyrolysis: Versatile Techniques for Biomass Conversion (Li Li, Jack S. Rowbotham, H. Christopher Greenwell, Philip W. Dyer)9. Using Microwave Radiation and SrO as a Catalyst for the Complete Conversion of Oils, Cooked Oils, and Microalgae to Biodiesel (Miri Koberg, Aharon Gedanken)10. Environmental Benefits of Integrated Algal Biorefineries for Large-Scale Biomass Conversion (Bobban Subhadra)11. Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biomass Conversion (Lei Jin, Chung-hao Kuo, Steven L. Suib)12. Processing Issues in Biofuels Production (Richard S. Parnas, Michael Pomykala, Iman Noshadi)13. Economic Analysis of Bioenergy: An Integrated Multidisciplinary Approach (Fred V. Carstensen, Marcello Graziano, Natalia Vorotytseva, William E. Waite, Kathryn E. Parr)14. Biofuels of the Present and the Future (Arnold L. Demain, Marco A. Baez-Vasquez)15. Catalysts for Biomass Conversion (Subhash Bhatia, Siti Salwa Hashim)