Sue Leschine fuels biomass-to-ethanol advancement

Boston Herald
By Helen Graves / Feature
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Patience pays off – at least in the case of Sue Leschine and the Q Microbe™.

Leschine is the UMass Amherst microbiologist who, during her 20-plus years of research, discovered the microscopic but mighty organism.

She’s also a founder and chief scientist of Qteros, the Marlborough-based company turning the prospect of biomass-to-biofuel into commercial reality.

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