Paul Roessler

About Paul
Age: 56
Title: Chief Scientific Officer
Company: Algenol Biofuels
Headquarters: Bonita Springs
Challenge: Commercialize the production of ethanol from algae for less than $1 a gallon.
Education: M.S. degree in plant physiology from Michigan State University and Ph.D. in biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Hometown: Evansville, Ind.
First job: “My first job was as a caddy, and I had no idea what I was doing,” Roessler laughs. He was 14.
Love of science: “I had a professor who made the subject interesting,” Roessler says.