Team
Daniel Gibbs, Ph.D., CEO and Founder of General
Biomass Company (dgibbs@generalbiomass.com;
847-624-3590), has over 25 years of experience in basic research in biological
sciences at Stanford, the University of Washington, and DePaul University, and 5
years of experience in pharmaceutical and diagnostic R&D at Abbott
Laboratories, including new technology development and evaluation, patent
analysis and evaluation, bioinformatics and software development. His research
interests are in biomass deconstruction enzymes, protein expression systems, and cellulosic sugars for
biofuel and bioplastics production. He recently presented at a panel on Cost Parity of Bioplastics at BioPlastek 2013 in San Francisco June 26-28, 2013
on An Economic Value Chain Using Nonfood Biomass Intermediates for Bioplastics Production
Dr. Gibbs testified
before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy on cellulosic ethanol and other
biofuels ("Ending Our Addiction to Oil: Are Advanced Vehicles and Fuels the
Answer?", June 5, 2006). He is the author of 9 scientific papers including "Global Warming and the Need
for Liquid Fuels from Biomass" presented at BioEnergy'98, a paper on
ethanol from switchgrass, a renewable energy crop. He was an invited speaker on
biomass ethanol at the American Coalition for Ethanol annual meeting. At Abbott
Labs, he worked in Pharmaceutical Division R&D on bioinformatics, genomics
and gene sequence databases, and in Diagnostics Division R&D on software and
patent support for process control of fluidic and chemical systems. He was
previously Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at DePaul University and
received an NIH grant for research on insect neuroendocrinology. He was an NIH
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington and an NIH Predoctoral
Fellow at Stanford. Dr. Gibbs received a B.A. in Biology from Wesleyan
University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford
University.
Sadira Tash, M.S.Ed., M.S.W., Director of Development and
Marketing, brings substantial experience in administration, organization and
development to the Company (stash@generalbiomass.com
).
Neelima Katam, M.Biol.Engr., B.Tech.Biotech., has a
Professional Masters in Biological Engineering from the Illinois Institute of
Technology, and a Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from JNT University.
Join the Team
We are looking for bright, motivated
people who want to make a difference in the world. We need Research Scientists
and Biotech Lab personnel with experience in gene manipulation, PCR, protein
expression, enzyme analysis and fermentation. Please send resume or C.V. to dgibbs@generalbiomass.com.
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