Engineer Process

Theodore M. Cohen

Philadelphia, PA

Phone: 856-***-****

Email: ********.*******.*****@*****.***

A skilled chemical engineer who is proficient in hands on operation of laboratory,

pilot, and commercial scale production and quality operations. Experienced in scale up

and technology transfer.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Technology Transfer Laboratory Design

Fermentation Engineering Process Scale up and Deployment

Production and Quality Operations Biofuels, Biopharma, Algae, and Biobased

Products

HONORS, AWARDS, AND PAPERS

Primary author of a peer reviewed paper published in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Education (vol. 36 Issue 5), "A Laboratory Demonstration Illustrating Bioseparations

Using Colorful Proteins"

Received the Zeisberg Award for Best Design Report in from AIChE on Calcintonin

production via mammalian cell culture

Awarded a Rowan Presidential Scholarship

Awarded a Blaustein Scholarship

EDUCATION

Rowan University

Bachelors of Science, Major in Chemical Engineering, May 2009 Glassboro, NJ

Concentration in Bioengineering 2004 - 2009

Overall GPA: 3.14 / 4.0

Assistant Instructor for Biopharmaceutical Plant Design Class at Rowan University in

Spring 2010

Led Laboratory Section for Bioprocess Engineering Class

EXPERIENCE

Bordentown, NJ

AL-G Technologies

Process Development Engineer (Contract) May

2013-Present

Conducted Process Development and Scale up Experiments

Independently setup a laboratory to conduct experiments on algae cultivation and

analytics

Conducted experiments using a novel aeroponic algae growth system to optimize growth

and yield

Created a Research and Development plan for scaling up aeroponic growth system

Harvested algae using patent pending technology

Developed design report as a basis for process equipment and system design

Colmar, PA

WM Robots Sept 2011-2013

Nutraceutical Opportunities Investigator (Consultant)

Contracted to research various opportunities for production/commercialization of algae

based technologies in the nutraceutical market

Researched a variety of products, organisms, and industrial processes for cost

effective commercial scale production

Designed and implemented a strain screening laboratory from the ground up to identify

and select high growth/high production strains

Conducted the initial tests to validate conceptual process and strain selection

Created a business plan for commercialization of products that included OPEX and CAPEX

Developed conceptual design for pilot and commercial scale systems

Morrisville,

BARD Holding PA

Senior Manager of Process Development Feb-Sept 2011

Optimized production process by exploiting the metabolic processes of various algal

strains

Created 180 Day Research & Development Plan for deployment of technology at

demonstration scale

Lead Operator of Pilot Plant facility that was operated 24/7

Supervised and trained 7 technicians

Responsible for both Production and Laboratory safety and cleanliness

Published internal reports on work and presented information at group meetings with

CEO, CTO, and COO

Created growth studies of various algal strains including nutrients, kinetics, and

lipids

Developed conceptual designs and cost estimates for CAPEX and OPEX for various process

scales up through commercial scale

Wilmington, DE

Dupont (Contracted Through the Franklin Co.)

Staff Investigator I- Center for Research and Development- Biochemical 2009-2010

Sciences and Engineering

Completed laboratory scale fermentations for biobutanol production scale up and

research utilizing ISPR

Completed growth studies utilizing glucose limited fed batch methodology for high cell

density fermentations

Analyzed complex process and metabolic data for comprehensive understanding of cellular

physiology

Studied equilibrium and mass transfer of product and inhibitory side products for their

effects on the fermentation

Published internal reports on work and presented information at group meetings

Glassboro, NJ

Rowan University 2006-2009

Research Team Leader-Biology/Biochemistry/Chemical Engineering

Departments (Student)

Utilized DOE (Design of Experiment) to optimize the value of the data while minimizing

the number of runs required

Tested multiple E. coli strains for efficacy producing ethanol under ethanol strain

and furfural strain

Troubleshot and upgraded operation of 2.5L and 5L fermentors

Utilized HPLC-UV-RI for the accurate analysis of the experimental samples for sugar,

furfural, and ethanol

Separated proteins utilizing AKTA Basic for HIC, RP, SEC, AEC,

Tested using TFF and ATPE as possible demonstrations for colorful protein separations

Lead students in completing lab exercises for Bioprocess Engineering Class

Schering-Plough Summit, NJ

Environmental Engineer- Global Supply Chain (Intern) Summer 2008

Designed scrubber for isobutene removal

Helped complete technology transfer of process from Singapore to Ireland

Evaluated and modified computer model for production of MSDS environmental toxicology

information based on chemical formulas

Organized and analyzed batch records from previous runs to help evaluate the progress

made to substitute dangerous and expensive solvents for cheaper greener options

Evaluated process safety incidents against CCPS standards

Schering-Plough Union, NJ

Analytical Chemist- Global Quality Control (Intern) Summer 2007

Identified two unknown compounds that appeared during transition to new method

development

Operated within a cGMP environment

Completed experiments to increase production of unknown compounds for speedier

identification

Utilized both Agilent and Waters HPLC as well as GC/MS

Utilized Millennium and Chemstation software

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