Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day 2024
Kartheek Anekella
R&D Leader
Sanah Baig
USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (REE)
Ben Berman
Co-Founder and CEO, Tomorrow Farms
Nicole Tichenor Blackstone
Assistant Professor of Agriculture, Food, and Environment at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Nicki Briggs
Vice President of Corporate Communications, Perfect Day
Davide Dukcevich
Private Investor
Bre Duffy
US Director of Responsible Research and Innovation, New Harvest
John Ellersick
Founder and President, Next Rung Technology
Lily Fitzgerald
Senior Manager, Advanced Technology Programs, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Bruce Friedrich
Founder & President, Good Food Institute
Bert Frohlich
Consultant, Biopharm Designs LLC
Lutz Grossmann
Assistant Professor in the Food Science Department, UMass Amherst
Yvonne Hao
Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development, Massachusetts
Dave Humbird
Chemical Engineer and Consultant, DWH Process Consulting
David Kaplan
Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the School of Engineering, Tufts University
Director, Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture
Michael Klein
William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at the Fletcher School, Tufts University
Founder and Executive Editor, EconoFact
Harris Komishane
General Partner & Co-founder, Meach Cove Capital
Ben Linville-Engler
Deputy Director and Chief Investment Strategist, MassTech
Naya McCartney
Regulatory Safety Scientist, Vow
Kristi Muldoon Jacobs
Acting Director, FDA Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS)
Ellie Myers
Associate, Nutter
Kimberly Ong
Toxicologist, Vireo Advisors
Reza Ovissipour
Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Texas A&M University
Yossi Quint
Founder & CEO, Ark Biotech
Morgan Rease
Scientific and Culinary Consultant
Natalie Rubio
Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Executive Director, Tufts University Cellular Agriculture Commercialization Lab
Larisa Rudenko
Research Affiliate in the Program on Emerging Technologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Co-Founder, BioPolicy Solutions LLC
Amaru Sánchez
Associate, Wiley Rein LLP
Eric Schulze
Founder and Principal, Good Humans Strategy & Design
Bill Shaw
Vice Provost for Innovation, Tufts University
Andrew Stout
Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Science, Tufts University Cellular Agriculture Commercialization Lab
Ryan Sylvia
Cultivated Meat Scaffolding and Bioreactor Program Manager, MilliporeSigma
Margrethe Therkildsen
Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Hanna Tuomisto
Professor of Sustainable Food Systems, University of Helsinki and at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
John Yuen Jr.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Director of Technology, Tufts University Cellular Agriculture Commercialization Lab
