BIO named Solazyme CEO and co-founder Jonathan S. Wolfson as recipient of its 2015 George Washington Carver Award for innovation in industrial biotechnology. Special selection committee chose Wolfson for his vision to take one of the smallest organisms in the world – microalgae – and use it to revolutionize some of the biggest industries in the world. Company’s sustainable algal oils can replace petroleum-based and other unsustainable oils widely used in industries today.