Team Members
Patrik D’haeseleer
Mild-mannered bioinformatician by day, biohacker / crazy ideas guy by night. Co-founder of Counter Culture Labs.
Advait Patil
Co-founder, researcher, cheese-lover. Excited about engineering biology to solve real-world problems.
Maria Chavez
President of BioCurious, member of Real Vegan Cheese project since the beginning. Passionate about open source and environmentally friendly protein production.
Adam Hoffman
Engineer working in the renewable energy industry. Enthusiastic about the potential of new food technology.
Lance Lively
Lance is an investments and operations professional with experience in the nutritional technology, biomedical devices, and alternative protein spaces. He holds his MBA from The Wharton School and his BSE in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University.
Tal Globus
Software engineer turned biotech cofounder with a love of all things innovative and sustainable. Spends his time wondering how some of the biggest problems affecting mankind will be tackled, and hopes to be a part of the solution.
Thanh Vu
Background in Bioinformatics, 3D printing, CAD, citizen science. Tinkerer, maker, gadget breaker. I love open science and improvising crafty solutions to tackling tricky modern challenges.
Alumni Members
Yann Huon de Kermadec
PhD, Biochemistry, Université Joseph Fourier
Matt Pallotta
Fermentation Researcher; BS, Mechanical Engineering
Rachel Linzer
PhD, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Benjamin Rupert
PhD, Chemistry
Craig Rouskey
MSc, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology
Wes Chang
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Meenakshi Choudhary
PhD, Biosciences
Carl Crott
BaMF biohacker / Self-taught programmer
Antony Evans
BA Math, MBA
Tito Jankowski
BS Biomedical Engineering
Mohammed Almahbashi
BS, Biology - Human Physiology
Jared Morgan
Designer & Web Designer.
Lafia Sebastian
MSc, Biotechnology
Johan Sosa
Matthew Milford
Juliane Poepsel
PhD, Cell Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin
Kyle Ching
BS, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Rebecca Wilbanks
BA, PhD, Modern Thought and Literature
Nikola Nikolov
PhD, Nuclear Physics
Teddy Fagin
BA Molecular and Cell Biology
Aaron Byran
Molecular Biology Undergrad
James Foley
Biotechnology Undergrad
Allen Fung
MS Bioengineering
Ashley Graham
BS, Molecular Biology
Tim Heath
BCSE, MSCS, MBA, Computer Science and Engineering
Ahnon Milham
B.S., Physiology, emphasis in Neuroscience
Marc Juul
MSc, Biotechnology Engineering
Jing Luo
Ryan Holmes
Joanna Wilczek
Tom Jara