The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award Recipients 1996—2016 Contents Introduction...............................................................................................................1 2016 Winners Academic Award: Professor Paul J. Chirik, Princeton University............................................................................................3 Small Business Award: Verdezyne........................ ......................................................................................4 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: CB&I and Albemarle............................................................................................... 5 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Dow AgroSciences LLC..........................................................................................6 Designing Greener Chemicals Award Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award: Newlight Technologies..........................................................................................7 2015 Winners Academic Award: Professor Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Colorado State University.....................................................................................8 Small Business Award: Renmatix.......................... ......................................................................................9 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: LanzaTech Inc........................... .............................................................................10 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Synthetic Oils and Lubricants of Texas, Inc. (Soltex).......................................... 11 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Hybrid Coating Technologies/Nanotech Industries............................................12 Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award: Algenol...................................................................................................................13 2014 Winners Academic Award: Professor Shannon S. Stahl, University of Wisconsin-Madison ......................................................................14 Small Business Award: Amyris............................... .....................................................................................15 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Solazyme, Inc. .......................... .............................................................................16 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: QD Vision, Inc. ......................................................................................................17 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Solberg Company...........................................................................................18 Contents iii 2013 Winners Academic Award: Professor Richard P. Wool, University of Delaware .......................................................................................19 Small Business Award: Faraday Technology, Inc....................................................................................... 20 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Life Technologies Corporation ............................................................................21 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: The Dow Chemical Company..............................................................................22 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Cargill, Inc..............................................................................................................23 2012 Winners Academic Awards: Professor Geoffrey W. Coates, Cornell University .............................................................................................24 Professor Robert M. Waymouth, Stanford University Dr. James L. Hedrick, IBM Almaden Research Center .........................................................................25 Small Business Award: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc... ..................................................................26 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Codexis, Inc. Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles.................................................................27 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Cytec Industries Inc. .............................................................................................28 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Buckman International, Inc. ................................................................................29 2011 Winners Academic Award: Professor Bruce H. Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara .............................................................30 Small Business Award: BioAmber, Inc.. .....................................................................................................31 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Genomatica .........................................................................................................32 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc......................................................................33 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Sherwin-Williams Company .........................................................................34 iv Contents 2010 Winners Academic Award: James C. Liao, Ph.D., Easel Biotechnologies, LLC and University of California, Los Angeles ...............................................................35 Small Business Award: LS9, Inc.. .............................................................................................................36 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: The Dow Chemical Company BASF ...................................................................................................................... 37 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Merck & Co., Inc. Codexis, Inc. ......................................................................................................... 38 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Clarke ....................................................................................................................39 2009 Winners Academic Award: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University ........... ..................................................................40 Small Business Award: Virent Energy Systems, Inc. .................................................................................41 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Eastman Chemical Company ............................................................................. 42 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: CEM Corporation .................................................................................................43 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: The Procter & Gamble Company Cook Composites and Polymers Company........................................................44 2008 Winners Academic Award: Professors Robert E. Maleczka, Jr. and Milton R. Smith, III, Michigan State University .............. ..................................................................45 Small Business Award: SiGNa Chemisty, Inc. ..........................................................................................46 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Battelle ..................................................................................................................47 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Nalco Company ................................................................................................... 48 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Dow AgroSciences LLC ........................................................................................49 Contents v 2007 Winners Academic Award: Professor Michael J. Krische, University of Texas at Austin ............................................................................ 50 Small Business Award: NovaSterilis Inc. ....................................................................................................51 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Professor Kaichang Li, Oregon State University; Columbia Forest Products Hercules Incorporated (now Ashland Inc.) .....................................................52 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Headwaters Technology Innovation ................................................................... 53 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: Cargill, Incorporated ............................................................................................54 2006 Winners Academic Award: Professor Galen J. Suppes, University of Missouri-Columbia ..................................................................... 55 Small Business Award: Arkon Consultants, NuPro Technologies, Inc. (now Eastman Kodak Company) .....................................................................56 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Merck & Co., Inc. ..................................................................................................57 Greener Reaction Conditions Award: Codexis, Inc. ..................................... ....................................................................58 Designing Greener Chemicals Award: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. ......................................................................................59 2005 Winners Academic Award: Professor Robin D. Rogers, The University of Alabama ............................................................................... 60 Small Business Award: Metabolix, Inc. .....................................................................................................61 Greener Synthetic Pathways Award: Archer Daniels Midland Company Novozymes ...........................................................................................................62