Biomanufacturing sounds complicated, but in a simple explanation, it is using biology and biological systems to perform certain operations in the manufacturing process. The goal is to produce goods and products that can be sold in the marketplace. Listen in this episode as Blake Simmons, Division Director of Biological Systems and Engineering in the Biosciences Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, describes how biomanufacturing supports the U.S. goal of increased domestic production. 

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Blake Simmons, is the Division Director of Biological Systems and Engineering in the Biosciences Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

In addition, Simmons serves as the Chief Scientific and Technology Officer and Vice President of the Deconstruction Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. For the past 15 years, Simmons has been part of the Senior Management team at Sandia National Laboratories, most recently serving as the Senior Manager of Advanced Biomanufacturing, Biomass Program Manager. His expertise includes biofuels, renewable chemicals, biomanufacturing, abiotic-biotic interfaces, biomass pretreatment, enzyme engineering, biofuel cells, templated nanomaterials, microfluidics, desalination, and biomineralization.