Dr. Seemay Chou, Ph.D. - CEO, Arcadia Science - Tapping Biological Innovation In Nature For Humanity

Dr. Seemay Chou, Ph.D. is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Board Member of Arcadia Science ( https://www.arcadia.science/ ), a research and development company focusing on under researched areas in biology, with a specific focus on novel model organisms that haven't been traditionally studied in the lab.

The goals of Arcadia Science are to unlock the knowledge and ingenuity contained within a wide range of diverse species, uncover how evolution has solved limitless problems, and through revealing this untapped biological innovation, generate new technologies and products.

Dr. Chou is also the co-founder of Trove Biolabs ( https://www.trovebiolabs.com/ ), a startup focused on harnessing novel molecules found in tick saliva for skin therapies.

Dr. Chou joined Arcadia from UCSF where she was an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Dr. Chou received a Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, and her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology from University of Texas at Austin.