Profiles
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. […]
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Ying-Tsu Loh serves as the Executive Director of Biotech and Bioscience Education Community (BABEC), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing hands-on bioscience education for grades 9-14. Under her leadership since 2016, […]
More →Dr. Tamara (Tami) Goetz
Tami served as the Governor’s State Science Advisor and during her tenure led in the creation of the Utah STEM Action Center in 2013, with the support of the Utah […]
More →Philip G. Gibson
Philip G. Gibson, Ph.D., works at the nexus of education, government, workforce and economic development industries. He has over 37 years of experience in technical education bringing industry together with […]
More →Dr. Megan Damico
Dr. Megan Damico leads strategic initiatives to grow and organize North Carolina’s bioeconomy, driving interdisciplinary collaboration across life sciences and biotechnology to address complex challenges and unlock new opportunities. She […]
More →Maria Chavez
Maria Chavez is president of BioCurious, a community biotechnology lab where she has volunteered since 2011. Chavez has been the co-organizer of the Global Community Bio Summit for the past […]
More →Hunter Brown
Hunter Brown is a Bioenergy Innovation & Product Strategy Manager at Novonesis. Previously, he was an Associate Program Manager at BioMADE, where he works to expand the biomanufacturing workforce and […]
More →Angela Consani
Angela is a nationally recognized leader in skills‑based credentialing for the life sciences workforce. With over 15 years of experience in bioscience education—from K–12 through community college—and a strong background […]
More →Callie R. Chappell
Dr. Callie Chappell (they/them) is an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology at Stanford University. Callie’s work focuses on the environmental and social implications of bioengineered organisms that live outside the […]
More →Yousong Ding
Dr. Yousong Ding received his B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Peking University in 2000, his M.S. in Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Liangcheng Du) from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2004, and […]
More →Catherine McCarthy
Catherine McCarthy serves as the Director of the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) and is Project Manager Senior for the Arizona State University Center for Innovation in Informal […]
More →Cresten Mansfeldt
Cresten B. Mansfeldt is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads research at the intersection of synthetic biology, environmental microbiology, and wastewater […]
More →Vaughn Cooper
Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D. is an evolutionary biologist and microbiologist. He is currently Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Computational and Systems Biology, at the University of Pittsburgh, School of […]
More →Aditya Sarnaik
I am currently an Associate Research Professional in the School for Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) at Arizona State University, based on the Polytechnic campus. I work at […]
More →Neda Bagheri
Neda Bagheri earned her doctorate in Electrical Engineering from the University of California in Santa Barbara. Her focus on control theory and dynamics piqued her interest in biology. After completing […]
More →Erica Hartmann
Dr. Erica Marie Hartmann is an environmental microbiologist interested in the interaction between anthropogenic chemicals and microorganisms, as well as bio-inspired mechanisms for controlling microbial communities. Her career began at […]
More →Margaret Kosal
Margaret E. Kosal is Professor (as of August 2025) of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research uses theories and concepts from the social sciences, primarily international […]
More →Edward Kalkreuter
Edward Kalkreuter started as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University in 2024. He received his BS in Chemistry at Emory University and his PhD in […]
More →Taylor Nichols
Taylor is an accomplished scientist and engineer with over a decade of experience across academia and industry developing strategic research initiatives, managing collaborative projects, and driving technical project management. As […]
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