Professor of Biological Engineering at Colorado State University with 20+ years engineering living systems for bio-based chemicals, sustainable agriculture, and molecular diagnostics. Expertise spans metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria and plant cell cultures (Catharanthus roseus, duckweed) for high-value natural products; synthetic biology tool development; and strain performance under realistic industrial conditions—directly addressing the lab-to-scale-up gap. Additional capabilities include cell-free biosensors for rapid molecular detection and phage engineering for targeted antimicrobials. Ideal for companies seeking a proof-of-concept R&D partner spanning photosynthetic organisms, plant biotechnology, bioprocess engineering, and microbiology.