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Sankar Raju Narayanasamy
Dr. Sankar Raju Narayanasamy is a Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He leads strategic innovation across AI, next-gen biotechnology, autonomous instrumentation, and high-performance computing […]
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Neil Dixon is Professor of Sustainable Biotechnology at The University of Manchester and a recognised leader in engineering biology and sustainable biomanufacturing. His research focuses on developing advanced genetic tools, […]
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Karl Thompson, Ph.D., is a tenured Associate Professor at Howard University whose work focuses on the genetic analysis of bacterial pathogens, microbial genetics, RNA biology, genome engineering, biosafety, and engineering […]
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Tim Kelliher is the Roberts and Mikhail Distinguished Chair in Plant Genome Editing at North Carolina State University. He has a co-appointment in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology […]
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Dr. Yan Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. Her laboratory develops cell-free gene expression systems that enable the rapid design, […]
More →Stephanie Schroeder
Stephanie Schroeder is the coordinator for the Build-a-Cell research initiative housed at the University of Minnesota. She coordinates a network of researchers focused on the goal of synthesizing cells for […]
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Blake Rasor received a B.S. in biology & microbiology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Then he earned a Ph.D. in chemical & biological engineering from Northwestern University, working with […]
More →Claudia Vickers
Professor Claudia Vickers is an internationally recognised leader in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, with over 25 years of experience spanning academia, government, and industry. She is Professor at the […]
More →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 →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 →Xu Zhang
Dr. Zhang’s work integrates genetic engineering, electrochemistry, and device design to develop living microbial systems for bioelectronics and functional biomaterials.
More →Jon Arizti Sans
Jon Arizti Sanz is a Schmidt Science Fellow in the Hill-Maini Lab at Stanford University. His research work at Stanford involves engineering fungi to transform agricultural and food waste into […]
More →Leah Davis
Leah is a postdoctoral research fellow in bioengineering and marine biotechnology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Her current work centers on the development of rapid, in-situ whole-cell […]
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 →Daniela Matias de Carvalho Bittencourt
Dr. Daniela Matias de C. Bittencourt is a researcher at Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology and an adjunct researcher at the J. Craig Venter Institute. With over 17 years of […]
More →Ashty Karim
Ashty Karim is an assistant professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. With a foundation in chemical engineering and synthetic biology, he has worked in cell-free systems for […]
More →Sara Molinari
Dr. Sara Molinari graduated from the Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology Ph.D. program at Rice University with a thesis on programming differentiation in bacteria. This work enabled the creation of […]
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