Dr. Blake Simmons is the Chief Technology Officer at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Division Director for Biological Systems and Engineering at Berkeley Lab. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Washington as an undergraduate, and completed his Ph.D. at Tulane University. Dr. Simmons’ work focuses on development of new techniques and optimization of processes associated with advanced biofuels. He is adjunct faculty at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Queensland.
