Ginkgo Bioworks Projects

Supported communications for Ginkgo's public listing through a SPAC merger.

Editorial magazine exploring synthetic biology. Participated in Equity, Futures, Scale, and Networks issues.

Annual conference celebrating synthetic biology. Performances, panels, developer talks, and product demonstrations.

Communications and policy support for global biosecurity programs that processed 15.3M+ samples, including work related to H5N1 and mpox response.

Six-episode podcast on Tom Knight, Ginkgo co-founder and synthetic-biology pioneer, produced with Christina Agapakis.

Ginkgo adopted a multi-class structure designed to keep enhanced voting power with current workers, permitting all current and future employees—not just founders—to hold ten-vote Class B shares. I helped develop governance policy and infrastructure, including internal committee elections.

Project with Ethical Compass to experiment with nature as a corporate stakeholder.

Supported internal elections, infrastructure, and policy development. 2022 · 2021

Weekly internal podcast for Ginkgo Bioworks. Editor and executive producer.

Hosted Duke graduate students for summer projects on synthetic biology governance and how mission/ownership structures shape company growth.

School-based COVID testing infrastructure. I directed and produced its launch video.