[Terrapreta] First Hello & General Background

[Gary Barei]

Hello List Members!

I've been reading archived terrapreta list posts for some time now and have
enjoyed following links, photos and discussions that you have all provided.
Thank you.

I live in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, (for about a year now), which has a fine
agricultural/veterinary tradition and University.  I am looking for
honest/fun/interesting opportunities in a sector that I can honestly
contribute to in a positive way.  The kids are gone to college, one in
architecture and one into computers.  Me? I'm an old "biotech" guy - B.Sc.
in Microbiology and Immunology, then some M.Sc. studies related to T-cell
development, lots of time in laboratories.  Then I got into the sales &
marketing / management end of things, mostly providing a huge array of
biotechnology products to private, commercial, hospital and government labs
across the country.  This allowed me to wear a tie and travel a lot, but
still keep current with my love for science, new technologies and
opportunities. Along the way, I've developed a pretty eclectic array of
interests - Hydrogen storage and biomass usage technologies among them.  It
was always fun providing the basic research reagents and tools to such a
broad base of scientific labs across the country - lots of people doing lots
of cool stuff ... and of course, some not so cool.

I've been a senior manager at companies like Amersham BioSciences,
Sigma-Aldrich and Fisher Scientific, among others.

I'm particularly interested in this list's discussions into research and use
of biochar from a gardening soil enhancement level to the multi-product
strategies of corporate players like Eprida, Best and Dynamotive.  Perhaps
my experience bringing lots of new technologies to markets in the biotech
sector can serve well in the renewable biomass and carbon sequestration
world!

In any event, I hope I haven't started off with a "too irrelevant" post and
I hope to be able to make a small contribution to your discussions.
Questions & comments are OK by me!

Kindest Regards,

Gary Barei
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