At Elemental, our strength lies in our people, those driving innovation, inquiry, and change across universities, research institutions, and industry alike. With the Elemental Membership Spotlight series, we aim to bring the stories of our community into the light: those of members from our management partners to early career researchers and industry collaborators. 

Through interviews and write-ups, we’ll explore the paths that led them here; the work that inspires them; the challenges they’ve faced; and their visions for engineering biology applied to environmental processing of metals; from contaminated land to industrial biotechnology in a circular economy 

These profiles are more than introductions, they’re an invitation: to learn, to connect, and to see the many ways Elemental is already shaping science and sustainability together.