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partner and scale-up guide
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Our Services
Strain Screening
Heterotrophic algae
Yeast
Bacteria
Cell banking
Strain Optimization
Media optimization
Adaptive evolution
Growth kinetics
Process Development
Protocol design
Scale translation
Downstream recovery
Process Optimization
Yield & titer gains
Batch consistency
Cost reduction
Analytics
Lipid profiling
Elemental analysis
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Strain Library
Food & Beverage Sustainable Fuel Nutraceuticals Pet Food & Feed Protein
Management Team
Gulten is a fermentation scientist with expertise across the full algal bioprocess development pipeline — from strain screening to commercial-scale production.
PhD and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Penn State
Expert in screening promising algal strains: from 1000+ strains to one strain.
Successful scale-up of algal oil from benchtop to 80 m³
She brings to Kitryd a combination of scientific depth, operational leadership, and vision built on a track record of taking algal products from discovery to commercial reality.
CEO
Gulten Izmirlioglu, PhD
Jeff brings 25 years experience in CFO roles working with over a 100-companies in biotech, technology, manufacturing, construction, and real estate.
Raised over $300M in debt, equity and non-dilutive funding
Experienced in building and recruiting management teams
He brings his wealth of management experience to ensure cash utilization is focused on business velocity, and a focus on facilitating leadership capacity and organizational development.
CFO
Jeff Kavanaugh, CPA, CA
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