Experience: Research in engineering microbes for the production of flavors, bio-plastics, and pharmaceutical precursors from renewable resources
Credentials: Research and industry experience in Genetic and Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Assay and Product Development, Operations.
Key Biotechnology: Gene editing in healthcare, agtech, and biotech more broadly as we're not able to cure previously incurable diseases and the field is still in its infancy
Differentiators: I immigrated to the US from Uzbekistan with my family back in 1999 and am obsessed with eating highly flavorful yet nutritious foods.