Colin D. Rasmussen, Ph.D., LL.B. FURMAN & KALLIO AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Colin D. Rasmusen has a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. From 1991 - 1997, he was an Associate Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Alberta, and for part of that time Director of the NCI Molecular Mechanisms in Growth Control Research Group. From 1997 - 2003, he was an Associate Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology at the University of Saskatchewan. He also has extensive experience in biochemistry, molecular biology and cellular biology, as well as experience in immunology and microbiology.
Mr. Rasmussen has participated in the OZONATOR project by using his extensive scientific background to review the technology and then through the firm of Furman & Kallio, he facilitated the application for world patents on the technology.
The following is an excerpt from his review of the technology:
“The Ozonator system will provide an automated method of treating and disposing of biomedical waste. As handling is minimized, so is the risk of infection to workers. Ozone is not only effective against prions, but against conventional pathogens like bacteria and viruses as well. The finished treated material will be safer to handle than waste treatment by conventional methods. In addition, as ozone naturally dissipates into the atmosphere where it naturally transforms back to oxygen, the use of ozone does not pose an environmental risk like that created by chemical treatment methods”.
