Neissa Pinzon, PhD
Senior Director, Process Innovation
Dr. Neissa Pinzon leads the Process Innovation team at Agricen Sciences, developing and optimizing unique bioprocess platforms for differentiated products.
Dr. Pinzon's expertise ranges from fermentation technology, biofuels and biomaterials to method development for purification, identification and detection of biological products. Her combined experience in bioprocess engineering and product innovation makes her interdisciplinary team the foundation for the development of innovative, large-scale systems and technologies at Agricen Sciences.
Prior to joining Agricen Sciences, Dr. Pinzon worked at the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Minnesota on novel methods for production and high-throughput detection of bio-hydrocarbons (ARPA-E funded) and at 3M on innovative materials for industrial applications.
Dr. Pinzon obtained her BE in chemical engineering from the National University of Colombia and holds an MS and PhD in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the University of Akron, where she developed innovative batch and continuous fermentation technologies for biosurfactants including immobilized processes as well as for biodiesel and biohydrogen production.
Dr. Pinzon has authored and co-authored more than 10 publications in journals such as Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Biotechnology Progress. She has also authored a book chapter on bio-based surfactants. She holds one patent on systems for production of products to promote nitrogen use efficiency in plants and is an inventor on four more pending patents.
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