Providing fractional business development and consulting support to startups working in the synthetic biology and climate biotech spaces. Clients have included Google X, Tierra Biosciences, Fafa Biotic, and most recently Synonym Bio and VERDE Nanomaterials, among others.From 2019-2023, I started as the first member of DMC Biotechnologies focused on business development, which grew into a team of 5+, resulting in multiple partnerships and offtake agreements for new bio-based chemicals. From 2017-2019 I ran a research program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a Director's Fellow, where I explored the use of cell-free systems as a metabolic engineering toolset and biochemical production platform.In 2016 I worked as a Fellow with the US Dept. of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), identifying novel energy directions with the potential for large-scale impact. I helped develop program concepts in Rewiring Anaerobic Digestion and Bioharnessed Engineering. Prior to this, I earned my Ph.D. at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, where I successfully used a kinetic enzymatic model to improve hydrogen productivity by 3-fold and demonstrated high-yield hydrogen production from biomass sugars for the first time, using an in vitro enzymatic pathway. During my PhD I co-founded two startups during this time, Cell-free Bioinnovations, whose work continues through the spin-out Bonumose, and Gate Fuels, which was purchased by a strategic partner. Current focus areas: commercialization strategy, product selection and product-market fit, customer engagement & relationship management, pitch deck development, government relations, TEA, LCA, financial analysis and decision-making, and BD systems development.