Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
(Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
I, Patrick R. Gruber, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Gevo, Inc.; and |
| 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: August 3, 2012 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ PATRICK R. GRUBER | |||||
| Patrick R. Gruber | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||