Biochemical Engineer Consultant and Expert in Fermentation

Technical Consultant #1442

Design of fermenters, fermentation optimization and solid state fermentation.
Pilot plant fermenters.
Bubble column fermenters.
Spray drying of bioproducts; ultra filtration of bioproducts.
Fermentation contamination abatement.
Solvent extraction of fermentation products and biproducts.
Experience with: Enzyme production, organic acid production, amino acid production, omega 3 fatty acid production, yeast fermentation and starch conversion technology.

Accomplishments

Designed products and fermentation processes for sodium gluconate, butanol, lysine, lactic acid, bacitracin, amylases, proteases, citric acid, threonine, acetic acid and tryptophan.
Developed a granular L-lysineHCl product and the purification process for its manufacture.
Developed and marketed a new glucose isomerase.
Analyzed fermentation mutation and nutrient improvement efforts which decreased fermentation times by one third and increased yields five fold.
Improved biological waste water treatment processes.
Developed diagnostic techniques for various products from dioxin to chlorides.

Independent Consultant, 1992 - present

Consulted with many companies on biotechnology processes.
Clients included BASF, Celanese, Martek, Cargill, ADM, Tate and Lyle, and many others.

Archer Daniels Midland, Technology Director, Decatur, Illinois, 1989 - 1992

Developed and installed processes for lysine, lactic acid, gluconate bacitracin, etc.
Evaluated and/or acquired technology for threonine, tryptophan glutamate, etc.

Miles Inc., Research Director, Elkhart, Indiana, 1983 - 1988

West Virginia University, Professor, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1975 - 1983

Patents and Publications

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

B. S., Chemical Engineering, University of Dayton