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About
Ian Hu is co-founder and CTO of Phycobloom, a synthetic biology company developing microalgae engineered to release their oils more readily as an alternative to extracted petroleum. He holds a primary degree in plant pathology and microbiology and a PhD focused on dinoflagellate biology and evolutionary biology, with a background spanning molecular and cell biology, advanced microscopy, chromatography, single-molecule spectroscopy, protein expression and purification, biochemistry, and biophysics. Hu is also a Breakthrough Energy Fellow.
CTO at Phycobloom
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- Who is Ian Hu?
- Ian Hu is co-founder and CTO of Phycobloom, a synthetic biology company developing microalgae engineered to release their oils more readily as an alternative to extracted petroleum. He holds a primary degree in plant pathology and microbiology and a PhD focused on dinoflagellate biology and evolutionary biology, with a background spanning molecular and cell biology, advanced microscopy, chromatography, single-molecule spectroscopy, protein expression and purification, biochemistry, and biophysics. Hu is also a Breakthrough Energy Fellow.
- Where does Ian Hu work?
- Ian Hu is CTO of Phycobloom.
- What companies did Ian Hu found?
- Ian Hu founded Phycobloom.
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