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Hire Gianguido C.

United States

USD 75 /hr

Biotechnology Grant Writer and Adviser, Ph.D. Biochemistry

Profile Summary

I am a grant writer and scientific consultant who holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and an undergraduate degree in Organic Chemistry. I have more than 20 years experience developing new technologies, writing and securing grants and patents. My consulting includes grant writing and technology planning and development. My unique background which include scientific technical skills as well as grant and patent writing and business development experience, allows me to help companies and individual researchers obtain funding and take their technology to the next level. Working in the private sector, academia and as a consultant I was able to obtain substantial funding from several government agencies (DOE, DOD, NIH, NSF, etc.). I also hold several patent applications and have published in top rated peer reviewed journals (PNAS, JBC, etc.) in fields including genetic engineering, metabolic pathway development, enzymology, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and organic chemistry. Please contact me if you would like to discuss how I can help you with your writing and technology development needs!

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biochemistry
• ★ Molecular Biology
• ★ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Microbial Biotechnology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Validation, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Independent consultant

n/a

2014 - Present

Sr. Advanced Metabolic Engineer

CIRIS Energy

2013 - 2014

Sr. Scientist, Algae Development and Synthetic Biology

Essentient

2011 - 2012

Scientist, Synthetic Biology

Draths Corporation

2010 - 2011

Scientist, Metabolic Engineering and Biochemistry

Algenol Biofuels LLC

2008 - 2010

Research Associate

University of Colorado Boulder

2006 - 2008

Postdoctoral Fellow

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2001 - 2005

Teaching Assistant

University of Sussex

1998 - 2001

Education

Ph.D. in Biochemistry

University of Sussex

1998 - 2001

Laurea in Organic Chemistry (Chemistry)

Università di Catania

1992 - 1997

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

DISSERTATION THESIS

Coffa G(2010). Eicosanoid biosynthesis in the gonads of the mussel Mytilus edulis .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Boeglin, W.E., Itoh, A., Zheng, Y., Coffa, G., Howe, G.A., Brash, A.R.(2008). Investigation of substrate binding and product stereochemistry issues in two linoleate 9-lipoxygenases . Lipids. 43. (11). p. 979-987.

Coffa, G., Imber, A.N., Maguire, B.C., Laxmikanthan, G., Schneider, C., Gaffney, B.J., Brash, A.R.(2005). On the relationships of substrate orientation, hydrogen abstraction, and product stereochemistry in single and double dioxygenations by soybean lipoxygenase-1 and its Ala542Gly mutant . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280. (46). p. 38756-38766.

Coffa, G., Schneider, C., Brash, A.R.(2005). A comprehensive model of positional and stereo control in lipoxygenases . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 338. (1). p. 87-92.

Coffa, G., Brash, A.R.(2004). A single active site residue directs oxygenation stereospecificity in lipoxygenases: Stereocontrol is linked to the position of oxygenation . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101. (44). p. 15579-15584.

Coffa, G., Hill, E.M.(2000). Discovery of an 11(R)- and 12(S)-lipoxygenase activity in ovaries of the mussel Mytilus edulis . Lipids. 35. (11). p. 1195-1204.

PATENT

DE LORME MARTHAH JEANNE MARGARET and SEVINSKY JOEL and COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO DIOLS . WO 2016/094526 A1

DE LORME MARTHAH JEANNE MARGARET and WAGNER ISAAC DAVID and COFFA GIANGUIDO EXPRESSION OF HETEROLOGOUS MICROBIAL OXIDATIVE ENZYMES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICALLY LABILE ORGANIC CARBON FROM PRETREATED COAL . WO 2016/053648 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO PROTOCATECHUIC ACID . WO 2016/036915 A1

SEVINSKY JOEL and DE LORME MARTHAH JEANNE MARGARET and COFFA GIANGUIDO PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID FROM CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL . WO 2016/036872 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO and WAGNER ISAAC DAVID PRODUCTION OF CIS, CIS-MUCONIC ACID FROM CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL . WO 2016/036748 A1

DE LORME MARTHAH JEANNE MARGARET and COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO ISOBUTANOL AND ISOAMYL ALCOHOL . WO 2016/048828 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO and DE LORME MARTHAH JEANNE MARGARET and SEVINSKY JOEL BIOPLASTIC PRODUCTION FROM NON-SUGAR CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL . WO 2016/040653 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO ALKANES . WO 2016/040649 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO FATTY ACIDS . WO 2016/036751 A1

COFFA GIANGUIDO GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROBES FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS TO P-AMINOBENZOIC ACID . WO 2016/053649 A1