Lee Lynd is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Terragia; Paul and Joan Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Dartmouth College; Sao Paulo Excellence Chair and Director of the Advanced Second Generation Biofuel Laboratory at the University of Campinas (Brazil); and Research Council member at the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Science Center. Past leadership positions include Executive Committee Chairman of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy Initiative, Co-Leader of the Role of Biomass in America’s Energy Future Project, Co-Founder and Director of Mascoma and Enchi Corporations, and Biofuel Industry Representative on the Advisory Committee to the Executive Office of President Clinton on Reducing Greenhouse Emissions from Personal Vehicles. His work in the biofuels field includes over 300 papers cited over 44,000 times as well as 23 granted patents.