The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Recipients 1996—2014 Contents Introduction................................................................................................................1 2014 Winners Academic Award: Professor Shannon S. Stahl, University of Wisconsin-Madison .......................................................................2 Small Business Award: Amyris..................................................................................................................... 3 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Solazyme, Inc. ....................................................................................................... 4 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: QD Vision, Inc. ..................................................................................................... 5 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Solberg Company...........................................................................................6 2013 Winners Academic Award: Professor Richard P. Wool, University of Delaware ........................................................................................7 Small Business Award: Faraday Technology, Inc........................................................................................ 8 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Life Technologies Corporation ............................................................................. 9 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: The Dow Chemical Company...............................................................................10 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Cargill, Inc..............................................................................................................11 2012 Winners Academic Awards: Professor Geoffrey W. Coates, Cornell University .............................................................................................12 Professor Robert M. Waymouth, Stanford University Dr. James L. Hedrick, IBM Almaden Research Center .........................................................................13 Small Business Award: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc... ..................................................................14 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Codexis, Inc. Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles.................................................................15 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Cytec Industries Inc. ..............................................................................................16 Contents iii Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Buckman International, Inc. ................................................................................17 2011 Winners Academic Award: Professor Bruce H. Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara .............................................................18 Small Business Award: BioAmber, Inc.. .....................................................................................................19 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Genomatica .........................................................................................................20 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc......................................................................21 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Sherwin-Williams Company .........................................................................22 2010 Winners Academic Award: James C. Liao, Ph.D., Easel Biotechnologies, LLC and University of California, Los Angeles ................................................................23 Small Business Award: LS9, Inc.. ..............................................................................................................24 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: The Dow Chemical Company BASF ...................................................................................................................... 25 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Merck & Co., Inc. Codexis, Inc. .........................................................................................................26 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Clarke ....................................................................................................................27 2009 Winners Academic Award: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University ........... ..................................................................28 Small Business Award: Virent Energy Systems, Inc. .................................................................................29 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Eastman Chemical Company .............................................................................30 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: CEM Corporation .................................................................................................31 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Procter & Gamble Company Cook Composites and Polymers Company........................................................32 iv Contents 2008 Winners Academic Award: Professors Robert E. Maleczka, Jr. and Milton R. Smith, III, Michigan State University ................................................................................ 33 Small Business Award: SiGNa Chemisty, Inc. ..........................................................................................34 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Battelle .................................................................................................................35 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Nalco Company ................................................................................................... 36 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Dow AgroSciences LLC ........................................................................................37 2007 Winners Academic Award: Professor Michael J. Krische, University of Texas at Austin ............................................................................ 38 Small Business Award: NovaSterilis Inc. ...................................................................................................39 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Professor Kaichang Li, Oregon State University; Columbia Forest Products Hercules Incorporated (now Ashland Inc.) ....................................................40 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Headwaters Technology Innovation .................................................................. 41 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Cargill, Incorporated ............................................................................................42 2006 Winners Academic Award: Professor Galen J. Suppes, University of Missouri-Columbia .................................................................... 43 Small Business Award: Arkon Consultants, NuPro Technologies, Inc. (now Eastman Kodak Company) .....................................................................44 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Merck & Co., Inc. ..................................................................................................45 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Codexis, Inc. ......................................................................................................... 46 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. ......................................................................................47 Contents v 2005 Winners Academic Award: Professor Robin D. Rogers, The University of Alabama ............. ..................................................................48 Small Business Award: Metabolix, Inc. ....................................................................................................49 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Archer Daniels Midland Company Novozymes ..........................................................................................................50 Merck & Co., Inc. ..................................................................................................51 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: BASF Corporation ..................................... ............................................................52 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Archer Daniels Midland Company .....................................................................53 2004 Winners Academic Award: Professors Charles A. Eckert and Charles L. Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology ......................................................................54 Small Business Award: Jeneil Biosurfactant Company ...........................................................................55 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ...........................................................................56 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc. ..........................................................57 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Engelhard Corporation (now BASF Corporation) ..............................................58 2003 Winners Academic Award: Professor Richard A. Gross, Polytechnic University ... ...................................................................................59 Small Business Award: AgraQuest, Inc. ....................................................................................................60 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Süd-Chemie Inc. ...................................................................................................61 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: DuPont .................................................................................................................62