Position:
Senior Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Scientific Director at Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems, Scientific Director at National Alliance for Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at Phycal
Location:
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Work:
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Los Alamos, NM since Oct 2011
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Advanced Biofuel Systems - Los Alamos since Sep 2011
Scientific Director
National Alliance for Algal Biofuels and Bioproducts since Jan 2010
Scientific Director
Phycal since 2006
Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center - St Louis, MO Sep 2008 - Sep 2011
Director, ERAC Institute for Renewable Fuels
Education:
Harvard University 1982 - 1983
Postdoc, Molecular Biology
University of Kentucky 1979 - 1982
Postdoc, Plant Physiology
Florida State University 1978 - 1979
Postdoc, Molecular Biophysics
University of Iowa 1974 - 1978
Ph. D., Biology, botany
Humboldt State University 1972 - 1974
BA, Biology, Botany
University of California, Riverside 1969 - 1972
None, Biology
Skills:
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry
Protein Chemistry
Plant Breeding
Catalysis
Biotechnology
Biofuels
Metabolic Engineering
Energy
Lifesciences
Science
Algae
Photosynthesis
Research
Genetics
Microbiology
Renewable Fuels
Sustainability
Food Security
Interests:
Metabolic engineering, photosynthesis, crop biofortification, biofuel production from microalgae, food security
Honor & Awards:
College of Biological Sciences Distinguished Professor, Ohio State University (2005-2008).
Honorary member, Phi Beta Kappa (2006).
Fulbright Scholar; Inst. Quimica, University Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (2007).
Selected by Nature as one of “Five Crop Researchers Who Could Change the World”. Nature 456: 563-569 (2008).
Invited participant to SciFoo Innovator's Camp at Googleplex (2009);
Fellow AAAS (2011).
