The 2014 FF21 Symposium will feature leaders from academia, industry, and policy speaking on a wide range of topics and issues relating to the research and commercialization of photosynthetic organisms for the production of biomass, biofuels, and other bio-products.
Eric Allen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marine Biology and Molecular Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Shota Atsumi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UC Davis
Roger Beachy, Ph.D. (Keynote)
Director of World Food Center
Bianca Brahamsha, Ph.D.
Research Biologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Geoffrey Chang, Ph.D.
Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy
Joseph Ecker, Ph.D.
Professor, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory UC San Diego, The Salk Institute
James W. Golden, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology, UC San Diego
Sanjay Kumar, Ph.D.
Scientist III, Syn Bio R&D, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jeff Hasty, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Director of Biological Sciences, Heliae
Martin Jonikas, Ph.D.
Young Investigator, Carnegie Institution for Science
Stephen Mayfield, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology UC San Diego and John Dove Isaacs Chair of Natural Philosophy,
Director of Cal-CAB, Co-director of FF21
Greg Mitchell, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
George Oyler, M.D., Ph.D.
President of Synaptic Research
Bernhard Palsson, Ph.D.
Galetti Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Beth Rasala, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Triton Algae Innovations
Ben Saydah, Ph.D.
Sapphire Energy, Director of Algae Conversion and Oil Upgrading
Hamilton Smith, M.D. (Keynote)
Scientific Director Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute
Brian Staskawicz, Ph.D.
Maxine J. Elliot Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Martin Yanofksy, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology
Graduate Student and Postdoc Talks
Nathan Schoepp
Graduate Student, UC San Diego
Emily Trentacoste
Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA
Liz Specht
Graduate Student, UC San Diego
