PureVision Adds Two to Technical Team
March 12, 2010PureVision Technology, Inc., a biorefinery technology development company, announced the hiring of two technical staffers. With the addition of chemist John Yegge and engineer Ryan C. A. Tarrant, the PureVision technical team now boasts eight engineers and technicians.
John Yegge joined PureVision as Process Chemist. He previously worked as a consultant for The SP Group LLC where he set up and managed laboratories evaluating various biomass projects. He has previously worked at Merck, NexStar Pharmaceuticals and Hauser Chemical Research Inc. as a research chemist. John is currently working on his B.A. in Molecular, Cellular and Development Biology. At PureVision John is managing the PureVision analytical lab, including undertaking chromatography and analysis of biomass product streams from the PureVision experimental and pilot reactors.
Ryan Tarrant has joined PureVision as Process Engineer. He will be working with the PureVision technical team in developing process and economic models of PureVision’s biorefining technologies. This work includes assisting the company with optimization, analytical, design and engineering projects. Ryan graduated with a M.Sc. in Bioprocess Engineering and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
"John and Ryan are incredibly valuable additions to PureVision. Each will play a critical role in optimizing and completing pre-commercialization scale-up tasks," stated Bruce King, PureVision's Director of Engineering. "Both John and Ryan have already made important contributions to our momentum toward economically producing fermentable cellulosic sugar from biomass," he said.
PureVision Technology, Inc. is a privately held Colorado company formed in 1992 focused on converting non-edible plant materials, such as corn stalks, sugarcane residue and waste wood, into separate fermentable sugars and lignin streams. The sugars and lignin are then available for conversion into higher value biofuels, including bio- ethanol and biobutanol, biochemicals and yeast protein. PureVision recently completed preliminary testing of its new rapid hydrolysis technology, which complements its patented biomass fractionation approach. The PureVision technical team is working on process optimization and commercial scale-up for 2011.
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