Jacob Neff

Jacob Neff is an accomplished Senior Associate Manufacturing Engineer at Elanco, where responsibilities include data analysis, automated report generation, project and contractor management, and process design and implementation since May 2020. Previously, Jacob served as a Plant Engineer at POET from May 2016 to February 2020, focusing on process engineering in a cellulosic biorefinery and delivering monthly presentations to stakeholders. Jacob's earlier experience includes an undergraduate researcher role at the Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, where a separation and purification process for triacetic acid lactone was designed, and a peer mentor position at Iowa State University's Chemical Engineering Department, providing support to first-year students. Jacob holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University, earned in 2016.