2022 Charles D. Scott Award Winner – Steve Lewis
Steve Lewis is an accomplished technology innovator and leader at POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuel, in addition to high-protein animal feeds, biodiesel and renewable diesel feedstock, and other value-added bioproducts. Steve has experience in the field of industrial biotechnology working in multiple business and technical functions including R&D, QA, production, marketing, sales, technical service, and operations. He’s a creative thinker who connects concepts and new ideas in biology and engineering with significant value-added impacts supporting growth at POET. His other skills include leading high-performance cross-functional teams; building learning organizations based on advocacy and inquiry; operational excellence; data visualization; and IP strategy. Connect with Steve in New Orleans at this year’s symposium and help us honor him at the Banquet and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday night, May 4, at 7 p.m.
About the Charles D. Scott Award
Initiated in 1995, the Charles D. Scott Award recognizes individuals who have made distinguished contributions to enable and further the use of biotechnology to produce fuels and chemicals. The award is named in honor of Dr. Charles D. Scott, who founded the Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals and chaired the conference for its first ten years. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and a director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chuck performed research and development on many novel bioprocessing systems while at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) including high productivity bioreactors, immobilized microbes, enzymes in organic media, and coal bioprocessing.
The Charles D. Scott Award is presented each year at the Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals. The nominees must have made one or more outstanding research contributions in biotechnology for the production of fuels and chemicals. These contributions should be of exceptional merit, reflecting independence of thought and originality that adds appreciably to scientific knowledge. Activities such as journal editing, organizing and chairing conferences, and serving scientific societies in official capacities may be considered, but the most important factor in selecting an awardee will be research accomplishments. The recipient of the Charles D. Scott Award will receive a plaque and complimentary registration for three successive annual meetings of the Symposium.
Deadline: Closed
Past Awardees of the Charles D. Scott Award
2022 – 44th Symposium – Steve Lewis
2021 – 43rd Symposium – Sang Yup Lee
2020 – 42nd Symposium – Greg Beckham
2019 – 41st Symposium – Merja Penttilä
2018 – 40th Symposium – Lisbeth Olsson
2017 – 39th Symposium – Jonathan Mielenz
2016 – 38th Symposium – Charles Abbas
2015 – 37th Symposium – Peter Biely
2014 – 36th Symposium – Rodney Bothast
2013 – 35th Symposium – Liisa Viikari
2012 – 34th Symposium – Jens Nielsen
2011 – 33rd Symposium – Steve Picataggio
2010 – 32nd Symposium – Michael E. Himmel
2009 – 31st Symposium – Michael R. Ladisch
2008 – 30th Symposium – Barbel Hahn-Hagerdal
2007 – 29th Symposium – Lonnie O. Ingram
2006 – 28th Symposium – Mark Finkelstein
2006 – 28th Symposium – Brian Davison
2005 – 27th Symposium – Lee Lynd
2004 – 26th Symposium – Guido Zacchi
2003 – 25th Symposium – Thomas W. Jeffries
2002 – 24th Symposium – Sharon Shoemaker
2001 – 23rd Symposium – Patrick Foody
2000 – 22nd Symposium – Karel Grohman
1999 – 21st Symposium – Charles E. Wyman
1998 – 20th Symposium – Jack Saddler
1997 – 19th Symposium – Raphael Katzen
1996 – 18th Symposium – Bruce Dale
1995 – 17th Symposium – Donald J. Johnson