Verdimine was one of six teams selected to advance to Phase II of the NEXUS-NY Clean Energy Seed Accelerator, a program of NextCorps. Phase I graduates received an additional $50,000 in funding.

Verdimine has been selected to participate in the NEXUS-NY Clean Energy Seed Accelerator, a program funded by NYSERDA and operated by NextCorps with the mission to help New York researchers create scalable, clean energy companies.

GENESEO, N.Y. – Geneseo-based startup company Verdimine has signed an exclusive license agreement with the Research Foundation for The State University of New York to employ a proprietary green chemistry process that improves safety and efficiency in manufacturing specialty chemicals across many industries.

Verdimine earned second-place and $5,000 prize in the NYSERDA Clean Technology track at the 2017 New York State Business Plan Competition finals. The team is working to develop methods to produce chemical compounds that have a variety of applications without toxic compounds and hazardous waste.

All five student teams from SUNY Geneseo's VentureWorks entrepreneurship program are advancing to the NYS Business Plan Competition in Albany April 28th. Verdimine (green synthesis of green chemicals) is a finalist in the Clean Tech track.

The research and work being done by Jacqueline Bennett has been ongoing since 2002, but the advancements and success continue to grow.

Dr. Jacqueline Bennett has invented a new chemical process that's safer, greener and more efficient than traditional methods used to make imines, a class of chemical compounds that has household and industrial applications.

Dr. Jacqueline Bennett was invited to present about her work at the American Chemical Society's 2011 spring national meeting in Anaheim, California.

"The joy of scientific discovery is a key component of my talk," says Bennett. "I hope I convey the sheer exuberance I felt once I made the discovery and understood its implications, especially the awe of being the person who 'changed the game' so to speak, for all the industries that are based on imines in some way."