Council

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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Deepti Tanjore

At ABPDU, our passion for bio-innovation drives us. Every day. Whether we’re evaluating biomass, experimenting with microorganisms, optimizing new processes, or performing assays and analyses, our end goal never changes. […]

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Michael Koepke

Michael is a pioneer in genetic engineering and strain development of gas fermenting organisms to convert carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to useful products. His research on Clostridium ljungdahlii demonstrated […]

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Aditya Kunjapur

Dr. Aditya Kunjapur began as an Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware in December 2018. His lab focuses on expanding the repertoire of microbial […]

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