Board of Advisors

Edward J. Wolfrum, Ph.D.

Dr. Wolfrum is a Sr. Researcher and Manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) National Bioenergy Center in Golden, Colorado. He has experience in the technical management of research projects for both governmental and private clients, including financial management, training and supervision of research staff, subcontract monitoring, and general laboratory management. Dr. Wolfrum currently lead the Biomass Compositional Analysis section, a team of more than a dozen researchers and technicians providing analytical chemistry support to both internal and external clients.

Dana Sedin, Ph. D.

Dr. Sedin is a Quality Assurance Chemist at New Belgium Brewery Company and formerly a QA Chemist at MillerCoors.  He completed his service as Board Director for the American Society of Brewing Chemist in 2012.  He holds a Ph. D. in Chemistry from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Amit Kumar, Ph.D.

Dr. Kumar is CEO of GFF, a privately held biotech company developing technology for the oil industry. Previously, he was President and CEO of CombiMatrix Corporation (CBMX:NASDAQ). Dr. Kumar sits on the Boards of two other public companies and is Chairman of Ascent Solar Technologies. He holds an AB with honors in Chemistry from Occidental College.  Following post-graduate studies at Stanford University, he received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

Jeremy Nelson, Ph.D.

Dr. Nelson is currently a Director, Licensing and Business Development, at Colorado State University Ventures.  He has legal training in Intellectual Property.  He holds a Ph. D. in Chemistry from Colorado State University.