Kurt Klimpel Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, US

I work with current customers and key opinion leaders to identify potential new commercial applications, or modifications to current BioXp applications, to feed the Telesis Bio product pipeline. I support commercial in-field activities including customer & field education on utilization of new and existing BioXp products, write application notes and white.

Provides professional customer support throughout the installation, training and implementation for the BioXp 3200 platform. Acts at the liaison between the customer and Synthetic Genomics engineering and product development team to maximize the utility of the BioXp 3200 for the customer. Advise customers on issues that drive efficiencies in workflows and.

New York, NY, US

• Senior Program Manager Binary Ionization Technologies, COO Binary Ionization Inc. Managed a group of scientists and engineers developing a hydrogen peroxide based decontamination technology effective against a variety.
• Developed and commercialized Binary Ionization Technology resulting in the sale of the technology to the commercial sector.
• Lead on all regulatory efforts (State and Federal) including writing new protocols for EPA approval and all interactions with the EPA.
• Prepared exhaustive industry analysis and subsequent strategic planning for the business.
• Directed all aspects of efficacy testing of the BIT product.
• Conducted field evaluations in hospitals and healthcare settings.

• Directed scientific efforts for aquaculture vaccines and therapeutics including diagnostics, protein engineering and expression.
• Completed a successful initial public offering in 2006, raising more than $42 million cash and establishing more than $132 million in market capitalization for shareholders.
• Designed and oversaw all aspects of the construction of a new aquaculture and research laboratory including sourcing of all major laboratory equipment.
• Won and directed a $3.2 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program to develop bioengineered food products.

• Director of research for a company lab looking at cures for shrimp white spot virus.
• Won and directed several small business innovation research (SBIR) grants bringing in more than $2.2 million funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
• Developed first real-time PCR diagnostics for shrimp viral diseases.

• Biosensor program leader.
• Directed $1.8 million program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) for biological and chemical detection systems demonstrating feasibility of the technology.
• Established and maintained library of pathogens for company-wide programs.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Sr. Fellow working on structure function analysis of bacterial toxins.
• Determined Anthrax Toxin Lethal Factor acts as a metalloprotease.
• Developed and patented Anthrax Toxin Protective Antigen as a shuttle protein for antigen delivery into cells as a novel vaccine method.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biology, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Art History, Criticism And Conservation