Nicholas Renegar, Ph.D

Co-founder and CEO

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Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT with experience supporting regulators to prevent adulteration in food supply chains. His thesis focused on applications of machine learning for risk-based management of agricultural supply chains. Nicholas previously led business development at Yield10 for production of low carbon-intensity cover crops as a biofuels feedstock.

Xun Gong, Ph.D

Co-founder and CTO

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M.D., Ph.D. from the Mayo Clinic and Research Scientist in Chemical Engineering at MIT. His research specializes in developing advanced optical sensors for applications in biopharmaceutical characterization, medical diagnostics, and contaminant detection in food and water. He has led interdisciplinary teams of up to 10 members, focusing on hardware design, signal processing, and analytical chemistry.

Anthony J. Sinskey, Sc.D

Scientific Co-Founder

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Professor of Biology at MIT and previously co-founder and scientific co-founder of multiple biotech companies including Genzyme, Tepha, and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. Principal Investigator at the MIT Food Safety and Sensing Initiative for detecting adulteration in agricultural supply chains.