The Office of Technology Commercialization | U.S. Department of Energy/National Academy of Inventors (OTC DOE/NAI) Innovator of the Year Award was developed in partnership with NAI Member Institution the US DOE Office of Technology Commercialization.

This award recognizes DOE innovators with an aim to highlight the invaluable contributions of their lab researchers in advancing technology transfer and commercialization missions across the DOE National Laboratories, plants, and sites.

Awardees are selected by the U.S. DOE and NAI in recognition of their contributions and are honored at NAI’s Annual Conference each year.

OTC DOE/NAI Innovator of the Year Recipients

Jay Keasling, FNAI

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2025

Ji-Guang Zhang, FNAI

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2024