Institutional Members
Andres Franco
Andres is the Senior Director for Global & Europe, Public Affairs, Communications, & Sustainability at Procter & Gamble (P&G) Beauty. His work focuses on shaping long-term commercial and innovation strategy […]
More →Maya Venkataraman
Maya Venkataraman is a Biotechnology Scientist at Procter & Gamble. Her work focuses on harnessing the powers of natural diversity and engineered microbes to enable sustainable ingredient innovation. Previous to […]
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 →Laura Shelton
Laura Shelton is a biotech strategist and scientific communicator at bitBiome, where she helps bring next-generation enzyme discovery technologies to the forefront of industrial and academic innovation. With a Ph.D. […]
More →Aaron Schaller
Aaron Schaller is a molecular biologist and entrepreneur with 10 years of experience in microbiology, molecular and cell biology, and immunology/virology. In May 2020 he co-founded MeliBio, Inc., a food […]
More →Janet Matsen
Janet Matsen received her BS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering for synthetic biology with a data science specialty. She brings together knowledge of biochemistry, industrial biotechnology, and data science […]
More →Wendy Hall
20 years senior government expert advisor in science policy and national security specializing in biological threats and life science research policy, both pre- and post- anthrax attacks 14 years international […]
More →Bryn Adams
Bryn L. Adams received her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2009 which focused on the development of microbial based methane-oxidizing biomaterials to […]
More →Alexander Tobias
I am a Biotechnology technical professional experienced with leading teams and prosecuting academic, industrial, and government research in the lab. My proudest accomplishments have been (1) the enzyme engineering work […]
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 →Sharon Steele
Sharon joined Zymergen in March 2021. She currently works remotely from Virginia. Sharon has worked as a Government Engagement/Contracting senior legal advisor for over 15 years, with various large government […]
More →