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2019 World Class Speakers

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Tom Mastrobuoni

Chief Financial Officer, Tyson Ventures, Tyson Foods

Tom is the Chief Financial Officer and a founding partner of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, the largest food company in the US. He has led the Tyson Ventures investments in and sits on the boards of Beyond Meat (exited), FoodLogiQ, Big Idea Ventures and New Wave Foods

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Lavanya Anandan

Lavanya Anandan

Head of Partnerships & External Innovation, Merck KGaA

Lavanya is the Head of Partnerships & External innovation, within the Strategy & Transformation group at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a global life science and pharmaceutical company.

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Uma Valeti, MD

CEO + Co-Founder, Memphis Meats

Uma is a cardiologist, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Memphis Meats. Memphis Meats is the world’s leading company producing cell-based meat: real meat grown directly from animal cells without the need to raise animals.

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Patty Trevino

Patty Trevino

SVP of Marketing, CKE Restaurants, Inc.

Patty Trevino has 20 years of marketing experience leading innovation, marketing communications, and brand strategy for CKE, Bloomin’ Brands, Burger King Corporation, and Procter and Gamble.

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Sophie Egan

Sophie Egan

Director of Health and Sustainability Leadership and Editorial Director for the Strategic Initiatives Group, The Culinary Institute of America

Sophie Egan, MPH is director of health and sustainability leadership as well as the editorial director for strategic initiatives at The Culinary Institute of America.

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Seth Goldman

Executive Chair, Beyond Meat

Seth Goldman is Executive Chair of Beyond Meat, which just had the most successful IPO of 2019 and is now in over 33,000 grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, universities, and beyond.

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Sara Young

Sara Young

General Manager, Plant Based Proteins, MorningStar Farms

Sara Young is General Manager of Kellogg’s US Frozen Veggie category. She oversees one of the leading plant-based protein brands, MorningStar Farms, which offers a breadth of options including the number one veggie burger to chicken nuggets and breakfast sausage.  

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Ann Veneman

Fmr. United States Secretary of Agriculture

Ann M. Veneman has a distinguished career in public service, serving as the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2005 to 2010 and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2001 to 2005.

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Evan Rapoport

CEO of Oceankind
Evan Rapoport is the founding CEO of Oceankind, an audacious new ocean philanthropy organization whose mission is to dramatically improve the health of the ocean.
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Maisie Ganzler

Maisie Ganzler

Chief Strategy and Brand Officer, Bon Appétit Management Company

Maisie Ganzler has more than 25 years’ experience in socially and environmentally responsible purchasing at Bon Appétit Management Company, where she has been instrumental in shaping the overall strategic direction of this food service pioneer.

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Gil Phipps

Gil Phipps

Vice President of Branding, Marketing, and Our Brands, The Kroger Co.

Gil Phipps assumed the role of Kroger’s Vice President of Branding + Marketing + Our Brands in August of 2018. In this role, he leads the Kroger Company in branding, marketing strategy and creative.

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Vince Sewalt

Global Lead, Regulatory Science & Advocacy, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

Vince Sewalt leads the Regulatory Science & Advocacy team of DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences, a B2B business that develops bio-based products aimed at improving sustainability of our food chain, fuel supply, and consumer products.

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Mohammed Oufattole

Mohammed Oufattole

Vice President of Research & Development, Benson Hill Biosystems

Mohammed Oufattole is currently serving as the Vice President of Research & Development at Benson Hill Biosystems, a fast-growing Ag technology company located in St. Louis, MO. He has close to 20 years of experience in Life Sciences and Agricultural Biotechnology with a broad range of expertise in crop genetic improvement.

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Marcus Keitzer

Marcus Keitzer

Board Member, PHW Group

Marcus Keitzer is a Board Member at PHW Group. He is in charge of the Alternative Protein Business Unit and also oversees PHW’s corporate development activities including Mergers and Acquisitions and legal.

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Christy Lebor

Christy Lebor

Global Innovation Lead, JBS

Christy Lebor is Global Innovation Lead for JBS – the world’s largest protein company – where she is responsible for creating revenue opportunities focused on the future of protein.

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Didier Toubia

CEO of Aleph Farms

Didier Toubia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, a cultivated meat company that is shaping the future of food by growing high-quality slaughter-free beef steaks directly from cow cells, preserving natural resources, and avoiding the use of antibiotics.

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Mark Matlock

Sr. Vice President Food Research, Archer Daniels Midland Company

Mark Matlock joined Archer Daniels Midland Company in 1980. Mark Matlock was appointed Senior Vice President Food Research where he directs food ingredient and applications research. 

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Eric Christianson

Eric Christianson

Chief Marketing Officer, Perdue

Eric is Chief Marketing Officer with responsibilities for the Marketing Services and Research & Development functions for Perdue. His everyday focus is stewardship and growth of the company’s brands through continuous elevation and quality, product innovation, and effective and efficient demand generation.

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Celeste Holz-Schietinger, PhD

Director of Research, Impossible Foods

Celeste Holz-Schietinger, PhD is Director of Research at Impossible Foods. Since 2012, she has led flavor discovery at Impossible Foods, where she creates plant-based flavor systems and products that satisfy the cravings of the most passionate carnivores.

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Sandhya Sriram

Sandhya Sriram

CEO and Co-founder, Shiok Meats

Dr Sandhya Sriram is the CEO and co-founder of Shiok Meats Pte. Ltd., Singapore. Sandhya is a stem cell scientist with over 10 years of experience. After graduating with a PhD from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Sandhya pursued her postdoc at A*STAR in Singapore.

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Chuck Muth

Chuck Muth

Chief Growth Officer, Beyond Meat

Chuck Muth joined Beyond Meat as the Chief Growth Officer in May 2017 and leads a team of sales professionals. At Beyond Meat, Mr. Muth has been instrumental in building a high performing sales and commercial organization attracting top talent in the US and expanding into international markets.

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Kelvin Ng

Kelvin Ng

Head of Strategic Innovation, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)

Dr Kelvin Ng oversees strategic innovation at the Bioprocessing Technology Institute, one of the 20 research institutes under the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) in Singapore. In this role, he targets biomanufacturing industries ranging from biosimilars, cell/gene therapies, to cultured meat.

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Rosie Wardle

Rosie Wardle

Programme Director, Jeremy Coller Foundation and Senior Advisor, FAIRR

Rosie Wardle is Programme Director at the Jeremy Coller Foundation (JCF), heading up the Foundation’s strategic programmes to end factory farming.

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Jaime Athos

Jaime Athos

President and CEO, The Tofurky Company

Jaime Athos is a visionary and passionate leader in the plant-based foods industry. With more than 14 years of experience building and supporting its growth, Athos is energized by the ever-increasing opportunity and adoption of plant-based foods worldwide.

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Lisa Feria

CEO, Stray Dog Capital

Lisa Feria is the CEO of Stray Dog Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, mission-driven companies that aim to take animals out of the supply chain with innovative products and services.

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Lou Cooperhouse

President & CEO, BlueNalu

Lou Cooperhouse is co-founder, President & CEO of BlueNalu, a company focused on disrupting the global seafood industry with “cellular aquaculture”, and a sustainable, trusted and humane means of providing consumers with healthy, safe, and consistent seafood products with outstanding taste and quality.

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Stephanie Feldstein

Stephanie Feldstein

Population and Sustainability Director, Center for Biological Diversity

Stephanie Feldstein is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity. She leads the Center’s work to highlight and address threats to endangered species and wild places from unsustainable human population growth and overconsumption.

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Kris Chatrathi

Lead Process Engineer, Black & Veatch

Dr. Chatrathi has provided engineering designs for bio-processing, FDA-regulated processes and facilities, petroleum refining, chemical processing, and explosion protection solutions for a variety of industries. 

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Max Elder

Max Elder

Research Director, Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future

Max Elder is a Research Director in the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, the world’s leading futures thinking organization. He has led work around the world with food companies like Barilla, Hershey’s, and Campbell’s; major foundations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and innovative technology companies like Google and Intel.

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Barb Stuckey

President and Chief Innovation Officer, Mattson

Barb Stuckey has been at Mattson since 1997, and is currently President and Chief Innovation Officer at the country’s most successful independent developer of foods and beverages for the retail foods and chain restaurant industries. Barb is known as a taste, food trend, innovation, consumer insights, and product development expert.

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Shir Friedman

Shir Friedman

Co-Founder & CCO, SuperMeat

Shir Friedman, head of communication, and co-founder of SuperMeat. Shir is a passionate environmentalist and animal welfare advocate, and a talented presenter with over 10 years of experience in public speakings and communications.

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Thomas Jonas

Thomas Jonas

CEO and Co-founder, Sustainable Bioproducts

Thomas is CEO and Co-Founder of Sustainable Bioproducts, a foodtech company that developed a breakthrough protein technology.

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Dilrukshi Thavarajah

Dilrukshi Thavarajah

Associate Professor of Pulse Quality and Nutrition, Clemson University

Dil is an Associate Professor of Pulse Quality and Nutrition at Clemson University with ~12 years of experience in micronutrient biofortification of lentil, field pea, and chickpea.

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Varun Deshpande

Varun Deshpande

Managing Director, India, The Good Food Institute

Varun is Managing Director for India at the Good Food Institute, where he is focused on building the future of food in the world’s largest democracy by working with scientists, foundations, governments, entrepreneurs, and corporations to advance the plant-based and cell-based protein sector.

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Darren Streiler

Darren Streiler

Investment Director, ADM Ventures

Darren Streiler is the Investment Director of ADM Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Archer Daniels Midland.  At ADM, Darren makes strategic investments in Series A and B startups in the Food, Agriculture, and Animal Health and Nutrition industries.  

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Bruce Friedrich

Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Good Food Institute

Bruce Friedrich is co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), a nonprofit organization that promotes innovative alternatives to industrial animal agriculture.

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Amy Rowat

Amy Rowat

Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Amy C. Rowat holds degrees from Mount Allison University (B.Sc. Honors Physics; B.A. Asian Studies, French, and Math), the Technical University of Denmark (M.Sc. Chemistry), and the University of Southern Denmark (Ph.D. Physics).

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James Joaquin

James Joaquin

Co-Founder, Obvious Ventures

James brings over 25 years of experience building businesses as a leader and an investor. His consumer marketing and trend-spotting expertise have helped create new categories such as online photography, web-based calendaring and the Personal Digital Assistant.

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Niya Gupta

Founder & CEO, Fork & Goode

Niya Gupta is the founder and CEO of Fork & Goode, which is growing pork directly from cells in Brooklyn, New York. Their mission is to produce the same delicious flavor and essential nutrition of meat without compromising on public health, the environment or animal welfare.

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Dan Altschuler Malek

Dan Altschuler Malek

Managing Partner, Unovis Partners & New Crop Capital

Dan Altschuler Malek is a Managing Partner at Unovis Partners, a global investment firm that provides early-stage funding to entrepreneurs developing plant-based and cultured meat alternatives to foods derived from conventional animal agriculture including beef, chicken, pork, dairy, egg, fish and shellfish products.

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Michele Fite

Michele Fite

Chief Commercial Officer, Motif FoodWorks

Michele Fite is the Chief Commercial Officer of Motif FoodWorks, a food ingredient innovations company. A visionary food business leader & nutrition expert, Michele drives commercial strategy and execution for Motif, leading teams in business development, marketing, sales and product management.

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Jessica Almy

Jessica Almy, Esq.

Director of Policy, The Good Food Institute

Jessica Almy leads GFI’s work to create a better future of food through regulatory and statutory reform in Washington. She came to The Good Food Institute from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, where she served as Deputy Director of Nutrition Policy. Before working for CSPI, she worked for the D.C.-based law firm Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal.

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Costa Yiannoulis

Costa Yiannoulis

Investment Director, CPT Capital

Costa is Investment Director at CPT Capital, the venture arm of Jeremy Coller’s family office. Costa has led the building and management of the CPT Capital food and materials tech portfolio including Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats, Perfect Day, Geltor and Bolt Threads amongst others. Costa sits on the boards of Seaco Foods (Good Catch) and 3F Bio.

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David Lipman

David Lipman

Chief Science Officer, Impossible Foods

David Lipman is the Chief Science Officer at Impossible Foods, and joined Impossible Foods recently, in May 2017. Previously, he was the Director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Liz Spect

Liz Specht, PhD

Associate Director of Science & Technology, The Good Food Institute

As Associate Director of Science & Technology with GFI, Liz analyzes areas of current and future technological need within plant-based and cell-based meat innovation, catalyzes research to address these needs, and supports start-ups and investors who are moving the field forward.

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Josh Tetrick

CEO + Co-Founder, JUST

Josh Tetrick is the CEO and Co-Founder of JUST, a San Francisco-based company on a mission to bring delicious, accessible, healthier and more sustainable food to everyone, everywhere.

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Deepti Kulkarni

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Deepti Kulkarni is Partner in the Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practice, who counsels clients on a wide range of matters involving FDA regulatory issues. 

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David Welch

David Welch, PhD

Director of Science & Technology, The Good Food Institute

David Welch is the Director of Science & Technology at the Good Food Institute. He combines his background in plant biology and regenerative medicine to help companies and academic research institutions accelerate the development of plant-based and clean meat alternatives to animal products.

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Anubhav S. Goel

Anubhav Goel

President, Client Growth Solutions, SPINS

Anu Goel is President – Client Growth Solutions at SPINS, the only source for consumer insights; digital applications for brands, consumers, and retailers; cross-channel retail analytics; health and wellness expertise; and industry-leading consulting services. In this role, Anu leads SPINS’ Brand Growth Solutions, Consumer Insight Solutions, and Financial Partners Group.

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Brian-Plattner

Brian S. Plattner

Processing Technology Director, Food and Industrial Products Division, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.

Brian Plattner is the Processing Technology Director for the Food and Industrial Products Division at Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of extrusion cooking systems for the food and feed processing industries.

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Anja Schwenzfeier

Anja Schwenzfeier

Business Development Manager, Novozymes

Dr. Anja Schwenzfeier is currently part of the New Business Incubation unit of Novozymes A/S, where she works on defining new world leading biological solutions with the right industry partners.

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Michael Kleindl

Co-founder and Managing Partner, Blue Horizon Ventures

Michael Kleindl is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Blue Horizon Ventures, a Swiss based Venture Capital Fund seeking to disrupt the existing supply chain of food with technology, innovation and best in class entrepreneurs. Plant based proteins and cellular agriculture are the main focus areas of interest.

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Yuguo Lei

Yuguo Lei

Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska

Dr. Yuguo Lei received his B.S. in chemistry at Peking University; M.Phil. in polymer science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He then completed his M.S. in Pharmacology and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at UCLA, and postdoc in regenerative medicine at UC Berkeley.

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David Benzaquen

Co-Founder and CEO, Ocean Hugger Foods

David Benzaquen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ocean Hugger Foods, a company which manufactures plant-based seafood alternatives to address the overfishing crisis.

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Christopher Kong

Co-founder, Better Nature
Chris is a biochemist-turned-entrepreneur that is passionate about translating advances in food science and technology into real-world impact.
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Amadeus Driando Ahnan

Co-founder, Better Nature
Amadeus is a tempeh-focused PhD candidate, entrepreneur, and artist with a personal life mission of giving people access to affordable, nutritious, and sustianable source of protein.
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Andy-Bass

Andy Bass

Director of Marketing, Ecovative

As Director of Marketing at Ecovative, Andy brings extensive experience in life sciences and consumer product development. Most recently, he led the design and commercialization of new biologically-based products as Senior Vice President of the Consumer Sector at the Intrexon Corporation (NYSE: XON), a leading synthetic biology company. 

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Christie Lagally

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rebellyous Foods

Christie Lagally is the founder and CEO of Rebellyous Foods. Christie is a mechanical engineer with nearly 20 years of engineering experience and the holder of five patents in manufacturing technology. 

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Blair Crichton

Co-founder, Karana

Blair is from Hong Kong and is co-founder at Karana. Blair is passionate about sustainability and improving the global food system.

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Sri Artham

Founder, Hooray Foods

Sri Artham has worked in sustainable food for over a decade and brings his passion for saving our planet to the world of alternatives to animal products.

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Giuseppe Scionti

CEO & Founder, NOVAMEAT

Giuseppe Scionti is a technology entrepreneur, inventor, and researcher in the fields of Tissue Engineering and Food Tech.

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MODERATORS

2019 Moderators

Nathaniel-Popper

Nathaniel Popper

Tech & Finance Reporter, New York Times

Nathaniel Popper covers finance and technology from San Francisco for The New York Times.

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Regan-Morris

Regan Morris

Producer and Reporter, BBC News

Regan Morris is a producer and reporter for BBC News based in Los Angeles.

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JacobBunge

Jacob Bunge

Agriculture Journalist, The Wall Street Journal

Jacob Bunge writes about agriculture from The Wall Street Journal’s Chicago bureau, where he’s worked for 10 years.

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Adam Rogers

Deputy Editor, WIRED

Adam Rogers is the Deputy Editor at WIRED, where he writes about science and other miscellaneous geekery. Rogers was a writer and on-air correspondent for the television show Wired Science, and his article “The Science of Why No One Agrees on the Color of This Dress” was the second-most read thing on the entire internet in 2015.

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Erin Brodwin

Senior Health-Tech Reporter, Business Insider

Erin is a senior health and technology reporter at Business Insider based in San Francisco, where she focuses on startups and Silicon Valley.

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Kristy Hamilton

West Coast Editor, IFLScience

Kristy Hamilton is West Coast Editor of IFLScience. Her work has appeared in Science Magazine, Business Insider, The Seattle Times, Hakai Magazine, and elsewhere.

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Jeff Bercovici

Deputy Business Editor, Los Angeles Times

Jeff Bercovici is a deputy business editor at the Los Angeles Times, overseeing technology coverage. He was previously San Francisco bureau chief at Inc. magazine.

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Janelle Bitker

Janelle Bitker

Food Enterprise Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

Janelle Bitker is the food enterprise reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. She covers restaurants, food innovation and Bay Area culture at large through a food lens.

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Ezra Klein

Founder and Editor-at-Large, Vox

Ezra Klein is founder and editor-at-large of Vox, the award-winning explanatory news site that now reaches more than 50 million people each month across a dizzying array of platforms.

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Lesley McClurg

Reporter, KQED Science

Lesley McClurg reports for KQED Science primarily on medical and mental health with a sprinkling of stories about the environment and food.

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John Cumbers

Dr. John Cumbers

Founder and CEO, SynBioBeta
Dr. John Cumbers is the founder and CEO of SynBioBeta, the leading community of innovators, investors, engineers, and thinkers who share a passion for using synthetic biology to build a better, more sustainable universe.
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Elaine Watson

Editor, FoodNavigator-USA

Elaine Watson is the Editor of FoodNavigator-USA

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Brian Cooley

Editor-at-Large, CNET CBS Interactive

Brian Cooley is CNET’s Editor-at-Large, charged with following the consumer technology trends that drive today’s modern lifestyle.

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AWARDEES

2019 Grant Awardees

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Gareth Sullivan

Group Leader, Norwegian Stem Cell Centre, University of Oslo, Norway

Gareth is a group leader within the Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research and a PI within the Hybrid Technology Hub – Centre of Excellence in Oslo.

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Jian Li

Associate Professor, Beijing Technology and Business University

Jian Li is an associate professor at Beijing Technology and Business University. His research area is about molecular sensory science. During 2015-2016, he did a postdoctoral project about tomato flavor at University of Florida and USDA horticultural research lab.

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Dilrukshi Thavarajah

Dilrukshi Thavarajah

Associate Professor of Pulse Quality and Nutrition, Clemson University

Dil is an Associate Professor of Pulse Quality and Nutrition at Clemson University with ~12 years of experience in micronutrient biofortification of lentil, field pea, and chickpea.

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Amy Rowat

Amy Rowat

Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Amy C. Rowat holds degrees from Mount Allison University (B.Sc. Honors Physics; B.A. Asian Studies, French, and Math), the Technical University of Denmark (M.Sc. Chemistry), and the University of Southern Denmark (Ph.D. Physics).

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Peter Stogios

Peter Stogios, PhD

Senior Research Associate, BioZone at the University of Toronto

Peter Stogios is a Senior Research Associate at BioZone at the University of Toronto.  A structural biologist and biochemist by training, Peter manages a protein structure-function and engineering lab that is studying major biology and public health issues, including sustainable chemistry, agriculture, and infectious diseases.

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Filiz Koksel

Filiz Koksel

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada

Dr. Filiz Koksel is an Assistant Professor in Food Processing within the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba, Canada. With her background in food engineering, she specializes in processing of foods and food ingredients, especially those from cereals and pulses.

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Ivana Gadjanski

Ivana Gadjanski

Research Fellow and Senior Scientific Consultant, BioSense Institute

Ivana Gadjanski is a Research Fellow and Senior Scientific Consultant at BioSense Institute – EU Center of Excellence for Advanced Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, Novi Sad, Serbia.

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Mario Martinez

Mario Martinez, PhD

Assistant Professor and Research Head of the Food Innovation, Structure and Health Laboratory, University of Guelph

Dr. Mario Martinez is Assistant Professor in Food Engineering and the Head of the Food Innovation, Structure and Health Research Group.

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Beth Zotter

Beth Zotter

Founder and CEO, Trophic

Beth is the founder and CEO of Trophic, a company developing transformative technologies to unlock the potential of seaweed as a sustainable and global source of plant-based food products at large scale and low cost.

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Ricardo San Martin, PhD

Dr. Ricardo San Martin, Research Director & Industry Fellow, Alt.Meat Program, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Ricardo San Martin is the Research Director of the Alternative Meat Program at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at UC Berkeley.
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Petra Hanga

Petra Hanga, PhD

Lecturer in Biological Engineering, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Dr Mariana Petronela (Petra) Hanga BEng, PhD, FHEA, AMIChemE is a Lecturer in Biological Engineering at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.

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Mari-Liis Tammik

Mari-Liis Tammik

Research Scientist, Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies

Mari-Liis is a research scientist at Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK) and specialises in plant-based product development. She has a MSc in applied chemistry and biotechnology from Tallinn University of Technology.

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