Vince is currently the CTO of EnginZyme and responsible for the technology development, commercialisation, and future strategies. Prior to joining EnginZyme, Vince was the co-founder of Rennovia, a Silicon Valley startup pioneering the development of novel process for the production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks. Prior to Rennovia, Vince was Director of Homogeneous Catalysis at Symyx Technologies, a leading provider of high-throughput catalyst R&D technology. Vince’s research group discovered catalysts that have been implemented commercially in the chemical industry,e.g. Dow Chemical’s Versify suite of polypropylene elastomers and plastomers.
Vince obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, U.K. and a PhD from the University of Oxford, and postdoctoral research at Columbia University and Exxon Chemicals. Vince has co authored over 30 scientific publications and holds more than 100 issued patents.