Principal Investigator

        Dr. Ramon Gonzalez is the Chief Scientific Officer of MojiaBio, a global biomanufacturing company. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Past President of the Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, and former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology.

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          Dr. Gonzalez’s career spans academia, industry, and government. He spent much of his academic career at Rice University, where he directed the Laboratory for Metabolic Engineering and Biomanufacturing, advanced from Assistant Professor to Full Professor, founded the Advanced Biomanufacturing Initiative, and served as Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative. He later served as Professor and Florida World Class Scholar at the University of South Florida. He has served as a Program Director at ARPA-E/DOE and the U.S. National Science Foundation, as well as on academic and industrial advisory boards.

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           Dr. Gonzalez has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, including papers in Nature portfolio Journals (Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Catalysis, Nature Metabolism, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Communications), PNAS, and Science, delivered more than 100 invited lectures, and is lead inventor on 25 patents/patent applications. He founded/co-founded Glycos Biotechnologies, Creo Ingredients, RBN Bio, and C1Plus Bio, and has advised major industrial bio and Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Gonzalez has received numerous recognitions, including, SIMB Charles Porter Award, Discovery Series Lecture (BioDesign Institute, Arizona State University), Tiangong Forum Lecture (TIB-CAS, China), ‘Inspiring Wisdom’ Distinguished Lecture (SKMML, SJTU, China), AIChE Division 15c Plenary Lecture, ASM Distinguished Lecturer, SDA/NBB Glycerine Innovation Research Award, and NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Gonzalez obtained a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Chile, an M.S. in Biochemical Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile), and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas (Cuba).