Paul Rose

Biotechnologies Group Leader (Acting)

Biotechnologies

Biotechnologies Group Leader (Acting)

I am the Group Leader for our Biotechnologies division. My role involves providing senior leadership across our broad and dynamic group, providing services to New Zealand and international companies for the commercialisation of R&D. I also hold technical expertise across Supercritical Fluid and solvent processing, bioprocessing and fermentation, combined with complex technical and project leadership.

I am passionate about partnering with New Zealand companies, assisting them in adopting new processes, launching innovative products, and fostering their growth. As a result of this I’m proud to be building and growing this current group of amazing scientists and seeing the impact they make for New Zealand companies.

I am a member of the Science Leadership Group for the Bioresource Processing Alliance (BPA), contributing to the industry leadership of this collaborative national research programme.

Together with my group, I am dedicated to driving innovation, facilitating technology transfer, and fostering the growth of New Zealand's biotechnology sector.

Areas of expertise

People Leadership
R&D Leadership in fermentation and bioprocessing
Scale up of fermentation and downstream processes
Precision fermentation
Live culture products
Human health NPD
Animal health NPD
Supercritical fluid extraction of natural products
Integration of processing unit operations
Valorisation of secondary streams from biological and primary industries

Education

PhD Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK, 2003

Selected publications

Stephanie Harvey, Rebecca Edgar, Paul Rose. Process Development for the production of starter cultures for use in food fermentation, Food New Zealand, October/November 2021, p36.
Paul M. Rose, Victoria Cantrill, Meryem Benohoud, Alenka Tidder, Christopher M. Rayner, Richard S. Blackburn. Application of Anthocyanins from Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum L.) Fruit Waste as Renewable Hair Dyes. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018
Rose, P.M., Blackburn, R.S., Rayner, C.M., Natural Hair Dyes, WO2010/131049.
Deswarte, F.E.I., Clark, J.H., Hardy, J.J.E., and Rose, P.M., The fractionation of valuable wax products from wheat straw using CO2, Green Chemistry, 2006, 8, p39-42.
Gunning, P.J., Rose, P.M., Marriot, R.J., Selective separation or extraction of steroidal glycosides by Supercritical fluid extraction using carbon dioxide, WO 2005/116049.