William J. Coleman
Distinguished Scientist at NovoNutrients / Oakbio, Inc.
- Role
- Distinguished Scientist at Novonutrients
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About William J. Coleman
Synthetic biology and protein engineering innovator with extensive experience in creating new enzyme variants for food, industrial biotech and biotherapeutic applications. Specializing in multidisciplinary approaches that combine cutting-edge mutagenesis and high-throughput screening technologies to greatly enhance desired functions. Currently scaling-up a highly disruptive \"CO2-to-food\" technology at NovoNutrients. EXPERIENCE Developed and applied synthetic biology, strain engineering, enzyme gene discovery and directed evolution tools to produce aquaculture and livestock feed, high-value nutritional ingredients, industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals in bacteria and yeast. Designed and implemented state-of-the-art high-throughput assays for enzyme and metabolic pathway screening. Identified gene candidates for poorly characterized (e.g, incomplete) metabolic pathways. Managed multidisciplinary science teams employing robotics and high-throughput analytical instrumentation. Wrote technical proposals to capture clients for business deals. Experienced in intellectual property strategy, creation and submission of patent applications, grant proposals and scientific publications (Nature, Scientific American, Biochemistry, etc.). Experienced in building biotech startups.
Experience
Distinguished Scientist
Oct 2021 — Present
Education
University of Pennsylvania
B.A.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D.
CEA-Saclay, Paris, France
Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Visiting Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
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