
SynBioBeta 2026 Speaker
Celine Schiff-Deb
MISTA | Givaudan
CSO
Cรฉline has been working for 25 years at the interface of science and business, translating biotech innovations into relevant commercial products and services in the areas of food, feed, specialty chemicals, ag and cosmetics. She has been MISTA Chief Science Officer for the last 4 years. Before, she led Product Innovation and Emerging Businesses for multiple biotech platforms including Solazyme/TerraVia/Corbion using microalgae to produce tailored oils and Calysta using bacteria to upgrade methane to proteins. Cรฉline is an Agronomist by training and has a PhD in plant breeding and molecular biology. She spent her first 7 years as a consultant in France at Alcimed advising biotech companies on their marketing and strategy.



Reagan
Jarvis
Anocca AB
CEO, Co-founder

Alex
Rives
CZI Biohub
Head of Science

Karenโฏ
Akinsanya
Schrodinger
President, R&D โ Therapeutics

Christopher
Arendt
Takeda
CSO, Head of Research

Stef
van Grieken
Cradle
CEO

Michael
Koeris
DARPA
Director, BTO

Jennifer
Dionne
Pumpkinseed
CEO

Daniyal
Hussain
GSK
Exec. Dir., Tech BD

Cynthia
Hong
Novartis
Dir., Search & Evaluation
SynBioBeta 2027 May 3-6, San Jose, California


