He has a PhD in Biological Design and specializes in Environmental Biotechnology research and development. He has spent over 7 years developing and promoting biotechnologies for water treatment and resource capture.

Background in electrical engineering, received his MBA from Indiana University, and is currently pursuing his MS in electrical engineering. He has 11 years of experience in project management at government contractors and large multinational corporations. He also has 6 years of experience in technology transfer, specializing in starting companies that are based on technologies developed at universities.

He has a PhD in environmental engineering and is the director of the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Arizona State University. He is an international leader in research and development about technologies that utilize microorganisms to provide societal services, such as cleaning up pollution and generating renewable resources. He is the inventor of the MBfR and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

He has a PhD in environmental engineering and is an assistant research scientist in the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Arizona State University. His research focuses on investigating interactions between microbes and metal, and their applications in water treatment and resource recovery. He is a primary inventor for the patent Methods of recovering platinum group metals from waste streams.