who are we?

We are a group of culinary experts, food scientists, and entrepreneurs driven to recreate the food system. We have a passion for producing delicious, nutritious food in a sustainable way. We are always looking for great partners and experienced producers to join us in developing high quality and sustainable produced products.

Contact us if you would like to collaborate to bring sustainable and nutritious cell-cultured products to the market.

OUR TEAM

Stephan Alfaro

Stephan Alfaro

Cell-culture Research Assistant

Kenya Burton

Kenya Burton

Communications and Digital Media Associate

Lynn Hanson

Lynn Hanson

Co-Founder, VP of Product Development

Carly Hennessey

Carly Hennessey

Associate Project Scientist

Cody Yothers

Cody Yothers

Co-Founder, Director of Innovation

Jason Hu

Jason Hu

Laboratory Technician

Deborah Keane

Deborah Keane

Akitoshi Murata

Akitoshi Murata

Research Assistant

Kenji Murata

Kenji Murata

Director of Fish Reproductive Biology

Maja Segerman Nielsen

Maja Segerman Nielsen

Co-Founder, COO

Minami Ogawa

Minami Ogawa

Co-Founder, Director of Cultivated

Josh Ansel

Josh Ansel

Research Intern

Mary Corrigan

Mary Corrigan

Associate Project Scientist II

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