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Mia Negru
Mia Negru serves as Executive Director of Life With Artificials, a social engagement platform exploring how humans and intelligent systems coexist in areas such as health, work, governance, and everyday […]
More →Lasse Helmer Pederson
Lasse Helmer Pedersen is a hands-on technologist and strategic advisor working at the intersection of advanced AI, engineering and health technology. As Strategic Advisor on technology for Zibra Holding ApS, […]
More →Chloe Franklin
Chloe Franklin is Director of National Programs at the BioBuilder Educational Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing students exposure to real-world STEM applications and industry-relevant skills to prepare the largest […]
More →Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia
Dr. Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia is a Senior Director and Research Fellow at Procter & Gamble, where he spearheads Corporate Biotechnology within the Disruptive Platforms organization. Originally from Cuba, Dr. Garcia-Garcia […]
More →Anneke Kaminski
Anneke Kaminski is currently serving as the R&D Senior Director of Connect + Develop for the Americas at Procter & Gamble. In this role, she is leading the way P&G […]
More →Dianzhuo (John) Wang
Dr. Dianzhuo (John) Wang earned his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard. His research integrated biophysics and machine learning to forecast viral variants and develop state-of-the-art models for protein design. […]
More →Evan Seeyave
Evan was previously at SecureBio working on desktop synthesizer security, ultraviolet PPE, and AIxBio evaluations. He finished his Bachelor’s and Master’s last year at MIT, and he’s leading TwentyTwo to […]
More →Sophie Peresson
Sophie is the technical lead for the International Screening Standards initiative, which seeks to support the harmonization and standardization of screening approaches around the world. She is a member of […]
More →Piers Millet
Piers D. Millett, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS). Dr. Millett is a certified biorisk management professional, with a specialization in biosecurity. […]
More →Guillaume Cottarel
Guillaume earned his PhD in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from the University of Giessen in Germany. With over twenty-five years of extensive experience in the biotechnology sector, he has demonstrated […]
More →Romel Menacho
Dr. Romel Menacho-Melgar earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University under the mentorship of Dr. Michael D. Lynch. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Roke […]
More →Cătălin Voiniciuc
Cătălin Voiniciuc is an Associate Professor of Plant Synthetic Biology and focuses on bioengineering cell surfaces, biopolymers and smaller molecules for agricultural, bioenergy, and biomedical needs. After plant biology MSc […]
More →Ania-Ariadna Baetica
Dr. Ania-Ariadna Baetica is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University. She received her BA degree from Princeton University in 2012 and her […]
More →Keith Yamamoto
Dr. Keith R. Yamamoto is vice chancellor for science policy and strategy, director of precision medicine, and professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at UCSF. After earning his PhD from […]
More →Nicole Buan
Nicole Buan is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has broad expertise in microbial physiology, metabolism, and redox biochemistry. Dr. Buan recently co-founded the Archaea Power […]
More →Sarah Carter
Dr. Carter is the Principal at Science Policy Consulting LLC where she focuses on societal and policy implications of emerging biotechnologies, including issues of responsible innovation, biosafety, and biosecurity. She […]
More →Jennifer Brophy
Jenn Brophy is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Her lab focuses on engineering plant development to control the size and shape of plant organs and tissues. Jenn […]
More →Niall Mangan
Niall M. Mangan received the Dual BS degrees in mathematics and physics, with a minor in chemistry, from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA, in 2008, and the PhD degree in […]
More →John Dileo
John Dileo manages the Biotechnology and Life Sciences Department at the MITRE Corporation in McLean, Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry from the University of Pittsburgh […]
More →Lauren Junker
Dr. Lauren Junker is an innovation scout for Industrial Biotechnology Research at BASF. She has been a leader in the Industrial Biotechnology research group at BASF for the past 7 […]
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