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AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION AWARD,
SOUTHWEST REGION
DR. JAMES F. STEVENS, CHEVRON/WEYERHAEUSER BIOFUELS
GREATER HOUSTON SECTION OF THE ACS
Dr. Stevens is a Consulting Research Scientist assigned to the Chevron/Weyerhaeuser biofuels joint
venture, Catchlight Energy, LLC. He earned his baccalaureate (1973) and doctoral (1977) degrees in
chemistry at Rice University while working for 1996 Nobel Laureate Robert Curl in the area of
molecular structural determination. His current role includes leading a research team in the area of
biofuels conversion. He has worked in Chevron’s R&D organization since 1981 in several R&D
management and technical positions. In addition to biofuels R&D he has worked in distributed
hydrogen production, environmental technology, and enhanced oil recovery. He has shared authorship
of numerous patents and publications including the DOE/NSF sponsored report, "Breaking the
Chemical and Engineering Barriers to Lignocellulosic Biofuels". He is an inventor on eight U.S.
patents and numerous foreign patents. He is an inventor on seventeen active U.S. patent applications.
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