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We turn CO2
into renewable
chemicals.
Petro-chemicals mean mining more fossil fuel, emitting more carbon. They’re also resource, land and time thirsty - the kind of industry that has led to a planet out of balance. The Photanol solution helps reset that balance.
We can create any carbon compound. Which means we can make the monomers used for different plastics, the ingredients for personal care products and detergents; even fuels - clean, renewable and circular. All thanks to innovation that follows nature’s lead.
Photanol works with the superpower of cyanobacteria to photosynthesize. Optimizing the bacteria to absorb more CO2, adapting its metabolic pathways to produce a desired chemical. Transforming the bacteria into highly-efficient mini factories that run on sunlight, produce just oxygen as by-product and need radically less land and water than traditional variants. All primed for scalability thanks to Photanol’s platform technology.
Through photosynthesis, cyanobacteria capture CO2, keep the carbon (C) and return oxygen (O2) as a by-product.
The cyanobacteria’s metabolic pathways are enhanced to produce the desired carbon compound.
The compounds are collected straight out of our tubes installation. Upscaling production is as straightforward as laying more tubes.
Our renewable chemistry is used to create circular plastics, sustainable detergents, beauty and healthcare products. Even biofuel.
Photanol’s platform technology makes it possible to create virtually any carbon compound, with the power to transform many industries to circular.
Venture capital and renewables expert Veronique merges unexpected worlds to power sustainable innovation. This drives her leadership, as well as her quest for the right partners to realize Photanol’s 100% renewable moonshot and transition to a circular future.
VIEW PROFILEA.K.A our Chief ‘North Star’ Navigator: It’s all very well having a bold and lofty mission like restoring balance on our planet, but it must be backed by the brains to roadmap us there. Jan’s 20 years in industrial biotech R&D is that brain. Jan dreams up and leads the multidisciplinary programs capable of transforming breakthrough lab-scale processes into scalable success.
VIEW PROFILEMSc Finance · University of Groningen | Strong background in corporate finance, business development and fundraising.
VIEW PROFILEOur Founder and CSO, Prof. Hellingwerf, is a top five knowledge leader in the cyano-fermentation field and a well-respected authority on microbial photosynthesis. Prof. Hellingwerf continues researching and networking across continents to progress sustainable science and the Photanol vision.
VIEW PROFILEWith Photanol since 2012 and joining us fresh from her PhD in molecular microbiology, our R&D Manager Aniek drives the strategy for the strain engineering team. Analyzing, debating and developing our most productive strains.
VIEW PROFILESabrina’s personal ambition is to use bacteria as a platform for sustainable innovation. After several years at different research institutes, she now uses her expertise to support Photanol’s upscaling success.
VIEW PROFILEPierre is the one optimizing operations at our demo plant. Creating the ideal conditions to maximize cyanobacteria growth, so we can maximize the amount of CO₂ we convert into valuable product.
VIEW PROFILEA self-described 'lab-guy' with a PhD in cyanobacteria genetics and metabolism, Théo spends his days tweaking and experimenting with cyanos on the way to our next big strain success stories.
VIEW PROFILEJoining us as junior researcher, Koen has been with Photanol since 2017. He’s now the unflappable, results-driven lead our engineers need to guide them through the cultivation of our latest and greatest strains.
VIEW PROFILEA passion for microbiology and its potential to mitigate climate breakdown led Marc to an internship at Photanol. Today, those two loves continue to drive his work as data scientist in the upscaling team.
VIEW PROFILEA background in environmental chemistry and the same vision for circular solutions led Eugenie to Photanol. She powers the mission daily by deducing what needs to stay, go, or be tweaked - on the way to strain production upscale success.
VIEW PROFILEComing to the world of Photonal after completing her Msc at the TU delft, Mandy’s mission is to shape a better future through her work. You’ll find her grafting away on biomolecular projects. Testing and iterating DNA constructs to improve our cyano-genetics, then observing their physiology for improvements.
VIEW PROFILEA personal passion for environmental science drives Mara’s unlimited perseverance in the lab. Here she develops sustainable molecular techniques for cyano cultivation. Inventing the tools and protocol needed to research, evaluate and progress the most robust strains.
VIEW PROFILEJoost came to us from a bio-waste company. Starting with us an intern, he became our Junior Researcher in 2018 and can be found in the lab, strengthening our upscaling team.
VIEW PROFILEFresh from Imperial College, TU Delft. Dean joined us at the end of 2020. He spends his days helping us unlock the unconventional approaches and smart processes that see cyanobacteria take the leading role in our new era of green chemistry.
VIEW PROFILEResearcher at Photanol, employing cyanobacteria to convert CO2 into renewable chemicals. Recently submitted my Doctoral Thesis titled "Tailored diketopyrrolopyrrolebased organic dyes in photoelectrochemical cells for solar fuel synthesis".
VIEW PROFILEAs part of the upscaling team, Alessia's main research goal is to develop methods increasing the efficiency, scalability and applicability of Photanol's technology of turning CO2 into renewable chemicals through the power of photosynthesis.
VIEW PROFILEExperienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the biochemical research industry. Skilled in Matlab, data analysis, statistics, wet lab techniques and bioreactor operation. Strong research professional working towards an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Biochemical Engineering from University College London.
VIEW PROFILEAt the moment there are no vacancies but we're always on the lookout for talent. Send an open application to jobs@photanol.com.