Extraordinary Associate Professor

Short Bio

• Education
  • PhD (Chemical Engineering), University of Colorado, 1984
  • MSc (Chemical Engineering), University of Colorado, 1981
  • BSc (Chemical Engineering), Ohio State University, 1977
• Professional experience
  • Division Head of Manufacturing
    National Bioproducts Institute, Durban, KZN
    2010 to present (pharmaceutical manufacturing)
  • Executive Portfolio Manager
    EcoBio Innovation Center (LIFElab), Durban, KZN
    2006 to 2010 (investment management in biotechnology)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
    2000 to 2006 (lecturing and undergraduate teaching)
  • Principal Consultant
    BioProducts International, Boston, Massachusetts
    1996 to 2006 (independent consulting)
  • Operations Manager
    AECI Bioproducts (Pty) Ltd, Amanzimtoti, KZN
    1994 to 1996 (industrial biotechnology)
  • Group Leader for Bioengineering
    ZeaGen, Inc, Golden, Colorado
    1985 to 1993 (industrial biotechnology)
  • Process Engineer
    E.I.DuPont & Company, Wilmington, Delaware
    1977 to 1979 (chemicals manufacturing)
• Professional societies
  • Registered Professional Engineer (Engineering Council of South Africa, Reg No 20070145)
  • Member of South African Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineers
• Honours and awards
  • Presidential Discovery Award, ZeaGen, 1989
  • Visiting Professor, South China Institute of Technology, Guangzhou, P.R.China, 1986
  • University Doctoral Fellow, University of Colorado, 1983

Research Interests

• Aseptic Processing
• Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing

Selected Publications

• Gyure, D.C., “Novel Photobioreactor” US Patent Application, US2009/0130704, May, 2009
• Gyure, D.C., “Fantastic Fermented Foods”, Chemical Technology, August, 2008
• Gyure, D.C., Biodiesel Purification”, SA Patent 2009/02834, priority date April, 2008
• Gyure, D.C., “Set Realistic Goals for Cross-flow Filtration”, Chemical Engineering Progress, 88:60, 1992.
• Gyure, D.C. and Lauderdale, “Method of Recovery of Riboflavin”, US Patent 5,103, 005, 1990.