Erin Kim is Communications Director at Geltor Erin Kim is Communications Director at Geltor, where she leads in PR, brand management, and cross-media content strategy. Prior to joining the team at Geltor, she spent a number of years on the non-profit side of consumer biotechnology at New Harvest, building the field [...]
Amy Trejo, Open Innovation Manager at Procter & Gamble Dr. Amy Trejo works for the multi-national consumer products company, Procter & Gamble, maker of household products including Tide, Pampers, Pantene and Crest. She received her BSc. in Biology from Smith College in Northampton, MA and PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology from [...]
Stephen Mayfield, Director of the California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB). Stephen Mayfield is Director of the California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB), Co-director of Food & Fuel for the 21st Century (FF21), and Professor of Molecular Biology at UC San Diego. His research focuses on the molecular genetics of green [...]
Andrew Peck, Business Development Manager at Waters. Andrew Peck, Ph.D., is a Business Development Manager for the Health Sciences group at Waters. In his role, Andrew engages the biomedical research community to advance the understanding of disease mechanisms using mass spectrometry-based solutions.
Erica Pascal, founder of Ingensity IP. Dr. Erica Pascal began her career in science studying the control of gene expression of mammals, plants and viruses. She received her B.S. degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of [...]
Douglas Friedman, Executive Director of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC). Douglas Friedman is Executive Director of the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC) and holds a concurrent appointment as a principal investigator at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary scientific and technical interests lie in the fields of synthetic biology, [...]
Kristin Ellis, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Opentrons. Kristin is a biologist, robot whisperer, community builder, and open science enthusiast who believes that everyone is a stakeholder in biotechnology. She is currently the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Opentrons, and previously worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She recently completed the Mozilla Open [...]
Kevin Ness, CEO of Inscripta. Kevin Ness is the chief executive officer of Inscripta, a gene-editing technology company. Under his leadership, the company is liberating the scientific community by giving them a clear path to pursue new research and discoveries. Inscripta will provide full solutions essential for forward cell-engineering, including a [...]
Moira Gunn, host of Tech Nation. Dr. Moira Gunn is both a journalist and an academic. She is best known as the host of Tech Nation, and its segments Tech Nation Health and BioTech Nation, on various NPR venues, including the NPR channel on SiriusXM. A former NASA scientist and engineer, [...]
Christian Grøndahl, Co-founder, CEO and Director at SNIPR Biome. Christian Grøndahl received his Doctor of Medical Science, PhD and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees from University of Copenhagen and his MBA from IMD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Christian worked as a veterinary physician/surgeon and assistant professor before moving to pharma and [...]
