September 2023

Tom Treynor is the co-founder and CEO of R2DIO Inc., the co-designer of its software platform for streamlining data acquisition and utilization, and the creator of its team-building workshop on "How to Do In-Spec R&D". While Director of Test Operations at Zymergen, Tom's team of Fermentation Engineers, Analytical Chemists and High-Throughput Screeners crafted some of the world’s most accurate bio-assays. As both a Principal Quality Engineer and Protein Engineer at Amyris, Tom made distinctive contributions to the development of its anti-malarial, fuels, polymers and F&F products....Read more

As a first-generation college student, Lakeita attended the University of South Carolina where she received her bachelor's degree in Psychology.  She went on to receive her master's degree in Education from Columbia College and is currently pursuing her Doctoral Degree in Education at the University of North Georgia. For the past ten years, Lakeita has had the opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of tomorrow’s leaders through Project ENGAGES, a program that introduces high school juniors and seniors from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds to research in Georgia...Read more

Hamideh Parhiz, PharmD, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania where she leads the targeted LNP delivery program. Her expertise is developing novel nucleic acid delivery systems including a new generation of targeted LNP-mRNA therapeutics for a variety of non-vaccine applications such as blood gene disorders, cancer, fibrosis, and acute inflammatory conditions. Hamideh’s work has resulted in the publication of more than 40 papers including two papers in Science magazine and several patents. Her...Read more