Category: Million Minds

4 Minutes With…John Williams, President, Scoville Public Relations

4 Minutes With…John Williams, President, Scoville Public Relations

October 14, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We’ve played an integral role in the growth of the industry, handling PR for many of the industry’s leading players, including LanzaTech, Imperium Renewables, Algae Biomass Organization, Rivertop, Sustainable Oils and Propel Fuels. We’re proud to have helped these companies literally change the […]

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4 Minutes With…Svitlana Kroll, Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute

4 Minutes With…Svitlana Kroll, Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute

October 13, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. With more than 65 years of experience in automotive and fuels research and development, SwRI is uniquely positioned as an international expert in the research, development and testing of renewable fuels. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in […]

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4 Minutes With…John Reilly, Managing Director, WestPark Capital

4 Minutes With…John Reilly, Managing Director, WestPark Capital

October 12, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We finance alternative energy companies especially in biofuels and chemicals. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months. In the next twelve months would like to finance $100 million into alternative energy companies with breakthrough […]

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4 Minutes With…Chris Groobey, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

4 Minutes With…Chris Groobey, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

October 9, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We are a law firm dedicated to serving technology, life sciences, energy and other growth enterprises and the institutions that finance them. We started in Silicon Valley more than fifty years ago and now have offices around the world. Our energy practice focuses […]

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4 Minutes With…Tim Hughes, Director of Biofuels, Department of Energy Development and Independence, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet

4 Minutes With…Tim Hughes, Director of Biofuels, Department of Energy Development and Independence, Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet

October 8, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. The Division of Biofuels’ mission is to provide leadership to encourage the growth of Kentucky’s biofuels and biomass industries through research, development and commercialization while continuing to produce safe, abundant and affordable food, feed and fiber. Tell us about your role and what […]

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4 Minutes With…Han Chen, CEO, Algenetix

4 Minutes With…Han Chen, CEO, Algenetix

October 7, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Algenetix is a renewable biotechnology company addressing the growing global demand for industrial plant oils. PhotoSeed, the company’s€ flagship product, increases the yield and energy (oil) content of renewable energy crops. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in […]

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4 Minutes With…Alan Propp, Business Development Manager, Merrick & Company

4 Minutes With…Alan Propp, Business Development Manager, Merrick & Company

October 6, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Merrick & Company is one of the leading design engineering firms in the industrial biotechnology space. Merrick specializes in developing biotechnologies from lab through commercial scale. Merrick’s expertise includes biofuels, biochemicals, waste-to-energy/fuels, and algae production systems, from project feasibility through detailed design. Tell […]

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4 Minutes With…Sam Yenne, CEO, Maverick Synfuels

4 Minutes With…Sam Yenne, CEO, Maverick Synfuels

October 5, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Maverick Synfuels is about converting low value feedstocks into petroleum replacing chemicals and fuels. What makes Maverick unique is our Spoke and Hub deployment model. First we focus on small-scale modular gas to methanol plants. From there we will vertically integrate into additional […]

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4 Minutes with…Steven Fabijanski, President and CEO, Agrisoma

4 Minutes with…Steven Fabijanski, President and CEO, Agrisoma

October 2, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We have commercialized a non-food, sustainable crop that provides a high quality oil for diesel and jet fuels, leveraging the existing agriculture infrastructure to achieve scale and economic supply. A drop in crop for agriculture with a good fit for the most challenging […]

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4 Minutes With…Timothy D. Lebrecht, Lead Engineer Refinery and Bio-fuel Applications, Air Products and Chemicals

4 Minutes With…Timothy D. Lebrecht, Lead Engineer Refinery and Bio-fuel Applications, Air Products and Chemicals

October 1, 2014 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Air Products is an industrial gas company that supplies many of the required raw materials to make bio-based fuel and chemical manufacturing possible. The company has achieved a leadership position among the top 10 percent of companies in its industry as a component […]

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