Gerard Ostheimer

Gerard Ostheimer

Manager of the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign

Gerard Ostheimer, Ph.D. serves as the Manager of the Clean Energy Ministerial Biofuture Campaign that works to enable the substitution of sustainable bio-based fuels, chemicals, and materials for their fossil-based equivalents.

Dr. Ostheimer is the founder and CEO of Biofuture Workshop, which promotes the use of sustainable bio-based solutions to accelerate the Energy Transition and foster the Circular Carbon Economy.

Previously, Dr. Ostheimer served as a Science Advisor for the U.S. Department of Agriculture during which time he contributed to finalizing the Global Bioenergy Partnership Indicators of Sustainable Bioenergy Production and Use.

Dr. Ostheimer has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Oregon and did postdoctoral work in Cancer Systems Biology at MIT.