Steering Committee
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 →India Hook-Barnard
Dr. India Hook-Barnard is Chief Executive Officer of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC). Her primary interests are in the areas of synthetic biology, precision medicine, responsible innovation, and biosecurity. […]
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 →Rebecca Nugent
Rebecca is an experienced R&D executive focused on commercializing research in the biotech industry enabling applications such as cell & gene therapies, synthetic biology and genomics. Dr. Nugent has a […]
More →Kevin Solomon
Dr. Kevin Solomon is an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. His work studies animal microbiomes to develop novel microbial platforms for sustainable biomanufacturing […]
More →Diane Pierotti
Diane brings over 35 years of research program development and successful program funding efforts in excess of $3B, strategic planning and executive management experience. Diane was instrumental in EBRC’s successful […]
More →Richard Murray
Richard M. Murray received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1985 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from […]
More →James Diggans
James Diggans is Vice President of Policy and Biosecurity at Twist Bioscience, a DNA synthesis company based in San Francisco, CA. He holds a PhD from George Mason University in […]
More →Mark Styczynski
Mark Styczynski is a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. At Georgia Tech, he is currently the director of the BioEngineering […]
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