Building a low-carbon future through biomanufacturing
Joe supports a wide range of clients – technical startup founders, investors, government agencies, and corporate R&D labs in their efforts to transform early-stage technologies to commercial products.
Business Development and
Technical Diligence
Joe brings the experience to successfully take your project to the next stage: two-time startup founder, ARPA-E Fellow, Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering >15y technology assessment, >12y business development
Diligence & Technology Assessment
Climate Tech and Biotech early stage technical and commercial diligence, technoeconomics, and climate impact assessment.
Strategy
Fundraising planning, pitch deck development, financial analysis-based decision-making, and general coaching.
Messaging
Tuning communications with potential customers, investors government program managers, and the public.
Product Selection &
Product-Market Fit
Market opportunity assessment, segment identification and prioritization, customer engagement, and sales forecasting.
Technoeconomic Analysis (TEA)
Cost of goods sold (COGS)-based assessment, key performance metric identification through sensitivity analysis, and competitor analysis.
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
Estimation of product carbon footprint for novel processes, comparison to competitor values, and related analyses.
Publications
Example technical papers, perspectives, and articles for the broader public.
Thought Leadership
- Biochemical Production with Purified Cell-Free Systems (Biochemical Engineering Journal 2021)
- The surprising way plastics could actually help fight climate change (The Conversation 2018)
- Beyond Biogas: Upcycling Wet Wastes (ARPA-E Summit Fast Pitch, 2017)
- Harnessing Biology for Novel Manufacturing (ARPA-E Summit Panel, 2017)
- Cell-free synthetic biology session chair (SIMB Annual Meeting, 2019-2023)
Technical
- Rewiring Anaerobic Digestion Workshop Summary Report (ARPA-E 2016) (Note: link currently broken due to DOE website updates. Please reach out for a copy.)
- Cell-free hydrogen from biomass sugars (PNAS 2015)
- Cellulose accessibility in cost-effective biomass saccharification (Biotechnol & Bioeng 2010)
- Additional publications available here
“If I were to encapsulate Joe’s essence in a single sentence, it would be this: Joe is the exceptional leader for your company, whether it’s in its infancy, growth phases, or as a multinational entity.”
Farzaneh Rezaei
CEO, Fafabiotic
Get in touch
Please reach out to me by email with any inquiries.
Joe Rollin, Ph.D. - Independent Consulting 