Dr. Joseph C. McAuliffe PhD is currently a Technical Fellow at IFF (formerly Genencor/DuPont) based in Palo Alto, California. He holds a PhD in synthetic carbohydrate chemistry (University of Western Australia, 1996) and conducted Postdoctoral work at U. Alberta (1996) and the Sanford Burnham Institute (1996-99). Dr. McAuliffe is the author of 32 scientific papers, 4 reviews, 4 book chapters and 46 granted US patents. He has over 25 years of Industry experience in Industrial Biotechnology and was a member of the teams that developed biological processes for production of 1,3-propanediol and BioIsoprene™ monomer. Current research interests include analytical and materials science, metabolomics/proteomics, sensor technologies and biocatalysis. Dr. McAuliffe is also the Chair of ASTM Technical Committee E62 for Industrial Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology.

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