Bio
Dr. Cecilia Cheng earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she conducted research on protein kinases in the lab of Dr. Susan Taylor. She is currently a Scientific Solutions Consultant at Benchling. Dr. Cheng previously held roles at BP Biofuels and Verenium, where she focused on developing and commercializing cellulosic ethanol technology using chemical and microbial fermentation processes, and at Schrödinger, overseeing the deployment of computational chemistry platforms to biotechnology and life science industries.