My goal is to identify philanthropic opportunities in transformative basic and applied research that have important societal impact for the Open Philanthropy Project. The Open Philanthropy Project’s mission is to give as effectively as we can and share our findings openly so that anyone can build on our work. Through research and grantmaking, we hope to learn how to make philanthropy go especially far in terms of improving lives. We’re passionate about maximizing the impact of our giving, and we’re excited to connect with other donors who share our passion.

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The Bakar Fellows Program supports innovative research by early career faculty at UC Berkeley with a special focus on projects that hold commercial promise in the fields such as Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences.

Strategic scenario building for technology development toward sustainable, high-efficiency, non-food plant-based energy and fuels.

Bioenergy Connection was a forum for bioenergy issues and innovation. We provided a balanced, fact-based approach to the often hyperbolic world of bioenergy.

Projects include analysis of cell wall composition change in response to genetic, developmental, and environmental factors, examination of matrix metalloproteases in plants, and glycomimetic peptides.

Conducted research on the biochemistry and molecular biology of cellulose synthase-like genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. NIH Genome Project Fellow.

Lignin degradation, white-rot fungi, enzyme structure/function analysis, transient-state kinetics