Experience

Fafabiotics LLC

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  United States

• Founder

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  United States



Pivot Bio

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director, Formulation and Fermentation

  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2023

  Directing Pivot's Fermentation and Formulation from microbial physiology all the way through implementing process at Toller. manage internal teams and external partners, key expert in Pivot in area of fermentation and formulation help shaping future of Pivot by creating vision for company in this area.

• Process Development Consultant

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017



Novozymes

• Denmark
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Microbial Formulation department manager

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2017

  Durham NC Microbial Formulation Development Group Leader Novozymes North America March 2016-present managing Formulation Development Group, responsible for: o development of a stable, safe, robust, high quality, and reproducible liquid and dry microbial formulations using production relevant processes and equipment for Novozymes’s new and current microbial products. Preservation/ nontraditional fermentation group leader, Novozymes North America, August 2014-March… Show more Microbial Formulation Development Group Leader Novozymes North America March 2016-present managing Formulation Development Group, responsible for: o development of a stable, safe, robust, high quality, and reproducible liquid and dry microbial formulations using production relevant processes and equipment for Novozymes’s new and current microbial products. Preservation/ nontraditional fermentation group leader, Novozymes North America, August 2014-March 2016 - Leading preservation group within microbial physiology department. My group is responsible for: o Understand preservation method for variety of different microbes o Delivering viable microbes to field o Initial preservation/formulation process design for selected microbes o Improve and preform on-seed viability assessment o Grow microorganism in solid state fermentation - Project leader to delivery 2000 strains to field

• Senior Scientist at Novozymes

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2014

  Salem, VA - Leading optimization and development of Novozyems’s existing solid-state fermentation process, - Group leader for a platform technology to develop and assess a new process design for our current fungal production process and evaluate large scale design - Leading different downstream processes for recovery and harvest of fungal spore - Involve in a project to assess the effect of submerge versus solid-state fermentation processes for production of fungal spore - Involve in a… Show more - Leading optimization and development of Novozyems’s existing solid-state fermentation process, - Group leader for a platform technology to develop and assess a new process design for our current fungal production process and evaluate large scale design - Leading different downstream processes for recovery and harvest of fungal spore - Involve in a project to assess the effect of submerge versus solid-state fermentation processes for production of fungal spore - Involve in a project to assess the effect of downstream processing on viability and stability of the fungal spore produced either in solid state or submerge fermentation - Mentoring and supervising technicians - Lead renovation and design of a new lab - Active role in assay development and replacing traditional techniques with high throughput and cutting age assays, - Active role of creating data club and journal club to more understanding of microbial physiology - Assay ambassador for Novozymes Salem-site



UC Davis

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral scholar

  • Jan 2009 - Feb 2011

• Assistant Research Engineer

  • 2011 - 2011


Penn State University
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Graduate student

  • 2004 - 2008