SETH SNYDERArgonne National Laboratory
Snyder is a member of the governing board (and 2010 chair) for the Council for Chemical Research; serves on the State of Illinois Biofuels Task Force; the iBIO AgBiotech task force, and on the steering committee for several academic centers in renewable energy. He has published approximately forty papers, has eight patents and has received two R&D 100 awards. He is a co-founder of Clean-Stream Technologies. Snyder received a B.A. from University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia . He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Argonne in photosynthesis. |
Seth Snyder is the section leader for process technology research in the Energy Systems Division of Argonne National Laboratory. His team develops new process technologies ranging from tree growth through fermentation and product separations with a focus on energy efficiency biofuels, biobased products, CO 2 capture, and water technologies. Snyder joined Argonne in 1998 as associate director of the Chemistry Division where he developed new programs in nanoscience and applied biotechnology. He serves as Argonne 's Lab Relationship Manager for the Department of Energy's Office of Biomass, on the DOE Industrial Technologies Program, and the national lab strategic planning group. Prior to joining Argonne , he worked at Abbott Laboratories in Alzheimer's and Pharmaceutical Discovery Research.