Team

BioFire is building a team that combines environmental biotechnology, bioprocess engineering, and materials science to solve flame retardancy industrial bottlenecks

Founding Team

The founders bring expertise in environmental biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, with hands-on experience in extracting and processing functional biopolymers from wastewater biomass and translating lab results into scalable process concepts.

Ali Elahinik, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Sirous Ebrahimi, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

Advisors

Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht

Head of Environmental Biotechnology, TU Delft

Dr. Yuemei Lin

Head of Biopolymer (EPS) Research, TU Delft

Koen Clymans

Strategic Technology Advisor, Ur Bright Side

Website

Dorus Velema

Business Developer, Biotech Booster

Interns

Iman El Mansouri

Biology and Medical Laboratory Research student at Hogeschool Rotterdam

Djordje Polacek

Biology and Medical Laboratory Research at Hogeschool Rotterdam

Who we’re looking for

We’re actively building the next layer of the team and advisory network, especially in:

Materials science / polymer engineering (thermosets, composites, coatings)
Fire testing & regulation (standards, certification pathways, customer requirements)
Formulation & scale-up (rheology, dispersion, processing compatibility)

If your experience resonates with our mission and vision, send:

Your CV
How you envision a collaboration

We will respond to relevant profiles

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