Jay Keasling, Associate Laboratory Director for Biosciences, announced that Blake Simmons has accepted the position of Division Director for Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) effective February 10, 2016. He will retain his positions as Chief Scientific and Technology Officer and as the Vice President of the Deconstruction Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute.
JBEI Researchers Develop First High-Gravity One-Pot Process for Producing Cellulosic Ethanol
JBEI researchers Seema Singh and Blake Simmons of the Biological Systems and Engineering Division led the development of a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. “High gravity” means high biomass loading – the higher the biomass loading, the lower the costs for converting it to fuels. Read more at Berkeley Lab News Center.
Seven Years of Biofuels Research: History of DOE’s BRCs
JBEI’s Blake Simmons and Kristy Nordahl helped co-author a report on the first seven years of research at the DOE’s three Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs).
Joint BioEnergy Institute Names New Chief Science and Technology Officer
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) CEO Jay Keasling announced that Blake Simmons would be stepping into the role of Chief Science and Technology Officer (CSTO). Simmons, who joined JBEI in 2006 as Vice President for one of its divisions, continues to be Senior Manager of the Biofuels & Biomaterials Science and Technology Department at Sandia National Laboratories.
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