About the Owner
Neal Connors received his BS in Biology from Norwich University in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from The Ohio State University in 1991. From 1991 to 2008, he was a member of the Bioprocess R&D department of Merck & Co., Inc. rising to the level of Senior Investigator.
His industrial microbiology experience is diverse: fermentation and strain improvement for the production of anti-bacterial and anti-fungal natural products (e.g. Cancidas®), monoclonal antibody production using mammalian cell culture and recombinant yeast expression systems, whole-cell biocatalysis for the production of chiral intermediates. He has worked at all experimental scales, from well plate and shake flask to pilot fermentor scale.
He is a contributing author on numerous peer reviewed papers, book chapters, patents, and published abstracts. He is also a sought after seminar speaker at conferences and universities.
Neal is a member of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology and is currently serving as President; he servied as a director from 2006-2009. He also serves on the editorial boards of two peer-reviewed journals: Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer) and Enzyme and Microbial technology (Elsevier).
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