Zack Exley, Co-Founder of New Consensus Zack Exley was a senior advisor to Bernie Sander’s 2016 presidential campaign, and was a co-founder of Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, which recruited and ran dozens of unconventional candidates for the 2018 midterms such as Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. With Becky Bond, Zack co-authored Rules [...]
Jacob Beal, scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies Dr. Jacob Beal is a scientist at Raytheon BBN Technologies, as well as a research affiliate of the University of Iowa. He leads research on analyzing and engineering complex aggregates, such as engineered and natural cells, genetic regulatory networks, sensor networks, and robot swarms. [...]
Gavin McIntyre, Co-Founder, Business Development Director at Ecovative Gavin McIntyre cofounded Ecovative in 2007 to solve environmental challenges through biology. Gavin oversaw research and development during the company’s early product launches, and now leads business development, growing a network of mycelium-material partners. Gavin is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where [...]
John Lesnick, Applications and Market Development manager at Labcyte John Lesnick is an Applications and Market Development manager at Labcyte, and a graduate of Brown University. He is working on development and implementation of laboratory automation solutions in drug discovery and genomics, including NGS and synthetic biology for research and clinical [...]
Mark Bünger, Lab Agent at Innovation Lab Mark researches science-based technologies, aka Deep Tech, ranging from synthetic biology to quantum computing, to help companies develop and deploy them. Over 20 years and across 40 countries, he has worked as a management consultant, technology analyst, lab researcher, and entrepreneur at Accenture, Forrester Research, UCSF, [...]
Cheryl Kerfeld Hannah Distinguished Professor of Structural Bioengineering, DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University http://www.prl.msu.edu/faculty/kerfeld_cheryl Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute http://synbio.berkeley.edu/ Scientist, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory http://pbd.lbl.gov/scientists/cheryl-kerfeld/
Chelsea Briganti, Co-founder and CEO of LOLIWARE Chelsea Fawn Briganti is the co-founder and CEO of LOLIWARE, creator of the world’s first certified edible material technology to replace plastic. An award-winning social innovator and industrial designer, Briganti launched LOLIWARE in 2015 with a seaweed-based edible cup. As the SHeEO of an [...]
Scott Plevy, CSO of Synlogic Dr. Plevy has served as Synlogic’s chief scientific officer since April 2019 and has responsibility for Synlogic’s research organization. Dr. Plevy most recently served as Vice President, Gastroenterology Disease Area Leader and IL-23 Pathway Leader at Janssen Research & Development, LLC, after a successful career in [...]
Jared Friedman, Partner at Y Combinator Jared Friedman is a Partner at Y Combinator. He was cofounder of Scribd, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2006 and grew to be one of the top 100 sites on the web. Jared previously worked at a pioneering AI company and studied computer [...]
Ben Kellogg, founder of BWK Ben Kellogg is the founder of BWK, an award-winning PR consulting firm representing clients like TED, MIT’s International Design Center, Modern Meadow and Mt Sinai. As the PR partner to TED’s Fellowship program, BWK works directly with the 400+ TED Fellows including scientists, technologists, artists and [...]
