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Energy and Environmental Engineering

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Energy and Environmental Engineering

Alumni now working in energy
    Noubar Afeyan (PhD '87) founder of Joule Biotechnologies - company has created genetically engineered microorganisms that use sunlight to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethanol or diesel - profiled in May 2010 Technology Review.
    Michael Raab (PhD ’06) and Jeremy Johnson (PhD ’06) have created Agrivida, an agricultural biotechnology company developing energy crops designed to produce chemicals, fuels, and bioproducts from non-food cellulosic biomass.
    Andy Peterson (PhD ’09) created the company C3 BioEnergy, which uses an efficient chemical process to make propane out of corn or sugarcane.
    Andre Ditsch (PhD ’05) works in investing, focusing on portfolios of small energy companies.
    Jim Bielenberg (PhD ’04) & Patty Sullivan (PhD ’04) are research engineers at Exxon Mobil.
    Binita Bhattacharjee (PhD ’04) is a process design engineering at BP who currently works with UC Berkeley to manage its Energy Biosciences Institute.
    Randy Field (SM ’83) is executive director for the MIT Energy Initiative’s Research Conversion Program.
    And many more...

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Michael Raab (PhD ’06) and Jeremy Johnson (PhD ’06)
Michael Raab (PhD ’06) and Jeremy Johnson (PhD ’06), founders of Agrivida, an agricultural biotechnology company.
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