Bradley Lusk

Chief Science Officer @Tersa Critical Minerals

Vancouver, BC, CA

Commercializing and scaling biotechnology for the purpose of valorizing Critical Minerals (CM) from mining influenced water (MIW) and acid mine drainage (AMD)• Leads multidisciplinary team of private and academic scientists, engineers, and business professionals to address early-stage to full scale (TRL 1-9) research and development• Responsible for customer discovery and outreach at online and in-person conferences, events, and external meetings• Works with legal team to negotiate intellectual property, non-disclosure agreements, memorandums of understanding, operating agreements, equity, stock options, and employee contracts• Analyzes and assembles documents, pitches, scientific reports, and summaries to determine needs of customers, investors, community members, collaborators, and regulators, and present the impacts of intervention strategieso Reports include business, economic, and scientific evaluations and outlooks• Projects and monitors KPIs, including scientific findings, scaling and commercialization, and financial and project goals• Produces value in an emerging market o Communicates benefits of biorecovery of CM to maintain a domestic CM supply chain to ensure sustainable production of electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, consumer electronics, magnets, catalytic converters, etc…o Monitors and evaluates biotechnology ecosystem, including competitors and collaborators