I'm a co-founder and CEO of Seedling Biosystems. As a first-generation student that grew up in rural northern Illinois, I pursued my passion for science as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. I went on to complete my PhD in biochemistry at Yale University and then a postdoctoral position at Cambridge University in protein engineering. Returning to the states, I worked on drug discovery as a fellow at Harvard, before moving to the University of Colorado Boulder (CU). With my research team at CU I co-founded Seedling Biosystems with the goal of combining my research experience with my family roots in farming to build a sustainable future for ingredient manufacturing.