LanzaTech Founder to Take on Advisory Role to Accelerate Extension of Core Technology
January 04 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), an innovative Carbon Capture
and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon
into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and
other products that people use in their daily lives, announced
today that the company’s Co-Founder, Dr. Sean Simpson, will
transition to an advisory role, to support development and delivery
of new strategic projects.
In early 2022, the company announced its intention to go public
with special purpose acquisition company, AMCI Acquisition Corp. II
(Nasdaq: AMCI). As the company embarks on this next stage of
growth, Sean will advise LanzaTech CEO, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, on
ways to further develop the core platform and how it can be
extended to multiple new sectors.
“The opportunities for a platform of this breadth are many,”
said Dr. Simpson. “I am excited to take on a role where I can focus
my energies on identifying and delivering new applications of
LanzaTech’s process around the world.”
Dr. Simpson founded LanzaTech in 2005 with Dr. Richard Forster
at a time when no one believed it was possible to use waste carbon
emissions as a feedstock, nor leverage nature-based solutions for
sustainable fuels and chemical production. During his time at
LanzaTech, Sean has not only proved that his revolutionary ideas
for using biology to convert pollution to products were sound, but
he has seen the scale up of the company from a start-up in New
Zealand to one with a global commercial footprint on the cusp of
going public. Today, the LanzaTech process has been deployed in
multiple places throughout the world and produces hundreds of
thousands of tons of sustainable fuel and chemical products.
As part of this growth, Sean created and led a world class
scientific team, including bringing on leaders Dr. Zara Summers,
Vice President of Science and Dr. Michael K�pke, Vice President of
Synthetic Biology. Dr Summers joined LanzaTech from ExxonMobil in
2022 and has spent her career working on biological solutions to
support the energy transition. Dr. Michael K�pke, joined LanzaTech
in 2009, and is a pioneer in the Synthetic Biology of carbon fixing
microbes. Together, they lead LanzaTech’s strong Science and
Synthetic Biology teams, responsible for LanzaTech’s genetic
engineering, strain development, and fermentation programs.
“As a team, we have cracked the seemingly impossible task of
using biology to transform some of the dirtiest gases on our
planet. Thanks to the marriage of science and engineering, we have
shown what is possible by taking waste carbon and transforming it
into the things we use every day,” said Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO
of LanzaTech. “This is just the beginning of what Sean originally
set out to do back in 2005, when he and co-founder Dr. Richard
Forster started LanzaTech. As we enter the next stage of our
journey as a company, I look forward to working closely with Sean
as he helps us deliver new applications of our core
technology.”
About LanzaTech
Headquartered in Skokie, Ill., LanzaTech transforms waste carbon
into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and
other products. Using a variety of waste feedstocks, LanzaTech’s
technology platform highlights a future where consumers are not
dependent on virgin fossil feedstocks for everything in their daily
lives. LanzaTech’s goal is to challenge and change the way the
world uses carbon, enabling a new circular carbon economy where
carbon is reused rather than wasted, skies and oceans are kept
clean, and pollution becomes a thing of the past. For more
LanzaTech visit https://lanzatech.com.
As previously announced, LanzaTech has entered into a merger
agreement for a business combination transaction (the “Business
Combination”) with AMCI Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: AMCI)
(“AMCI”). Upon closing, the combined company is expected to trade
on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “LNZA”.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding
LanzaTech based on the beliefs and assumptions of its management.
Although LanzaTech believes that its plans, intentions, and
expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, LanzaTech cannot assure you that it will
achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks,
uncertainties, and assumptions. You should not put undue reliance
on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
LanzaTech undertakes no obligations to update or revise publicly
any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Media Contact - LanzaTech Freya Burton, Chief
Sustainability Officer, LanzatechPR@icrinc.com
Investor Relations Contact - LanzaTech Omar El-Sharkawy,
Director, Corporate Development, LanzatechIR@icrinc.com
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