EXHIBIT 31.4
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Jeffrey G. Black, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2008 of Verenium Corporation.
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.
| Date: April 30, 2009 | /s/ JEFFREY G. BLACK | |||||||
Jeffrey G. Black Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
