John G. Melo is the Chief Executive Officer of Amyris. He was previously President of U.S. Fuels Operations for British Petroleum. more>>

Jack D. Newman, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President, Research, and a co-founder of Amyris. Dr. Newman brings to Amyris over a decade of research in bacterial physiology and genetics. more>>

Kinkead Reiling, Ph.D. is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, and a co-founder of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. Dr. Reiling brings to Amyris experience in linking protein structure to activity in the development of biocatalysts. more>>

Neil Renninger, Ph.D. is the Chief Technical Officer and a co-founder of Amyris. Dr. Renninger brings to Amyris a cross disciplinary understanding of both the micro-world of strain engineering and the macro-world of chemical engineering. more>>

Jeryl Hilleman is Amyris' Chief Financial Officer. Hilleman brings 21 years of experience in CFO and related positions and a strong background in arranging financing and facilitating rapid growth for both biotechnology and energy industry startups. more>>

Christine Ring joined Amyris in August 2006 as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel. Previously, Dr. Ring was the Director of Intellectual Property at Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and was Senior Patent Attorney at Kosan Biosciences. more>>

Tamara Tompkins, J.D., is Amyris' General Counsel. Ms. Tompkins brings over thirteen years of legal and transactional experience to Amyris, most recently as Of Counsel at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in San Francisco where she focused primarily on intellectual property issues and technology transactions. more>>

Paul Adams is Amyris' Senior Vice President, Fuels. Paul comes to Amyris with more than 25 years of experience in the fuels supply and trading business. During his tenure at BP, Mr. Adams established himself as one of its most senior and respected executives in the downstream oil sector. more>>

Jeff Lievense joined Amyris as Senior Vice President of Process Development and Manufacturing. He draws from 25 years of industrial experience in bioprocess engineering and a proven track record in developing, scaling up, and commercializing advanced fermentation processes. more>>

Jim Alderman joined Amyris Vice President, Supply & Trading. Jim brings over 25 years of in-depth expertise in the downstream aspects of the oil business. He held various senior management positions at BP and the Tosco Refining Company, including Regional Vice President of BP's US Fuels Retail Business Unit, Vice President of Operations of BP's US Commercial Fuels Business Unit, and Vice President of Supply and Trading at Tosco. more>>

Ena Cratsenburg joined Amyris in February 2007 as the Vice President of Business Development. Ms. Cratsenburg was previously Director of Business Development for Pixar Animation Studios where she led efforts to develop and grow partnerships for distribution and to monetize intellectual property. more>>