Discover the immense, untapped power of nature through groundbreaking Industrial Scale Microbiome Mining. While microbes have shaped the planet and all life, their interactions with humans extend far beyond infectious disease. The microbial world remains a vast, underexplored reservoir of molecules with extraordinary potential.

By enabling deep-scale exploration and targeted access to nature’s hidden, drug-like molecules, this revolutionary approach unlocks new opportunities to address critical challenges in therapeutics, agriculture, sustainability, and beyond.

Ross O. Youngs, Founder, and CEO – Ross has spent over 30 years inventing products, technologies, and processes for a variety of industries, and holds over 75 patents worldwide. He is driven to innovate by a focus on what is better, faster, and less expensive. Ross’ recent major innovations include an R&D 100 Award for collaboration on biopolymer technologies. In 2009, Biosortia was awarded a $6 million ARPA-E (U.S. Dept. of Energy R&D) grant for its algal harvesting technology, which helped lead to the development of Biosortia’s drug discovery platform.

In 1998, Ross was awarded the Ernst & Young Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year award. Additionally, the U.S. Small Business Administration honored him as their national “Business Person of the Year” in a presentation made by Vice President Al Gore.