Management
Alex Toftgaard Nielsen
CEO & CSO (Co-Founder)
Alex has a background in metabolic engineering, bacterial physiology and synthetic biology. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering and Microbiology from the Technical University of Denmark and has received postdoctoral training at Stanford University. He has held positions at Exiqon (Denmark) and Genencor (USA). Alex is also a Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark.
Christian Bille Jendresen
Director, novel compounds (Co-Founder, Inventor)
Christian is directing research in novel compounds and has a background in biological engineering, synthetic biology and microbial genetics. He holds MSc.Eng. and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Denmark and has experience from the University of Copenhagen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, the National University of Singapore, the University of California Berkeley and Danisco (Dupont).
Hemanshu Mundhada
Director, Amino Acid Technologies (Co-Founder, Inventor)
Hemanshu is directing research in amino acids and related compounds. After completing his MSc from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, he received his PhD and postdoctoral training in enzyme engineering at Jacobs University Bremen and RWTH Aachen, Germany, respectively. At the Technical University of Denmark, Hemanshu has gained extensive experience in strain engineering and evolution along with fermentation and cell physiology.