JUNHUA (Alex) TAO is currently CEO of Metabomics, Inc. Priorto that; he was the CSO of Elevance Renewable Sciences, and thecreator and head of the Biotransformations Group at Pfizer, wherehe was also a core member of the API Development Team. Heco-authored over 60 publications including Biocatalysis forthe Pharmaceutical Industry (Wiley, 2009) and co-inventedover 20 patents. In addition, he was the recipient of the PfizerAchievement Award, the Pfizer Green Chemistry Award, and a keymember of the Lyrica process development team, which won theIChemE Award for Excellence in Green Chemistry and Engineering(2006). ROMAS JOSEPH KAZLAUSKAS is Professor of Biochemistry,Molecular Biology and Biophysics at the BioTechnology Institute ofthe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is the coauthor ofover eighty papers and reviews, and the book Hydrolases in OrganicSynthesis. He also served as the co-chair of two Gordon ResearchConferences, one on biocatalysis and one on green chemistry.