Author: Stephen Mayfield

Stephen Mayfield is director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology and holds the John Dove Isaacs Chair of Natural Philosophy in UC San Diego’s Department of Molecular Biology. In addition to being an avid surfer, Mayfield is a founder and scientific adviser at San Diego-based Sapphire Energy.

Five Innovations to Look For in Algae Biofuels

Here are my top five innovations to look for in algae-based biofuels in the New Year: —The first synthetic algal genome. —The first significant scale-up of algae biofuel production. —The first clinical trial of an algae-based therapeutic. —The introduction of several new algae-based nutraceuticals. —Oil to top $120 a barrel, and with that a much … Continue reading “Five Innovations to Look For in Algae Biofuels”