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James Liao, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UCLA, received the 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for developing a process of converting carbon dioxide into products that can be used in alternative transportation fuels or chemical feedstock. The award was given to Liao by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

“It is essential to develop a renewable source to replace petroleum as the major chemical and energy source,” says Liao. One of the processes developed by Liao uses modified cyanobacteria to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol.

Liao and his team are currently researching the conversion of CO₂ into chemicals that can be used to produce a variety of industrial products, including car bumpers, packaging materials, DVDs and even diapers. Says Liao, “An independent review shows that our CO₂-conversion technology compares very favorably to all other existing and more mature technologies.”

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