Experience

Ecovia Renewables Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Ann Arbor, MI Acting as primary customer/partner liaison and integrating feedback into product development. Recruiting and managing applications team Overseeing growth activities for AzuraGel™ and AzuraBase™, including applications testing efforts and development of new product concepts Managing regulatory affairs and assisting with IP management

• Associate Researcher II

  • Dec 2017 - Oct 2018

  Ann Arbor, MI Interfaced between R&D team and partners to facilitate prototype development. Continued research to improve fermentation metrics for developed microbes well maintaining a low cost of production. Supervised and administered offsite fermentation trials. Continued research into polymer purification to increase yield and throughput.

• Associate Researcher

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Ann Arbor, MI Fabricated 30-liter bioreactor used to grow anerobic microorganisms. Full operational control capabilities including pH, aeration, agitation, temperature, and data logging. Executed independent research projects to improve fermentation metrics. Developed new production methods for polymer purification.

• Assistant of Microbiology and Polymer Chemistry

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2017

  Ann Arbor, MI Assisted in microbiology research and development of a microbial consortia technology to produce industrially viable biopolymers. Tested various purification methods for aqueous based biopolymers.