BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player?
For advancing bioengineering and COVID testing and leading one of the region's biggest public-market debuts.
Reshma Shetty is cofounder of Ginkgo Bioworks, which recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol $DNA. She has been active in the field of synthetic biology for nearly 20 years, co-organizing the first international conference in the field in 2004.
Shetty has a B.S. in computer science from the University of Utah and a PhD in biological engineering from MIT.
CAREER MILESTONES
2021
Ginkgo had one of the biggest public-market debuts in the region's history
2019
Received the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology and Agriculture
2014
Ginkgo was the first biotech company to participate in the Y Combinator startup accelerator
2008
Cofounded Ginkgo Bioworks with Jason Kelly, Barry Canton, Austin Che, and Tom Knight
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BIOGRAPHY
Why a Tech Power Player?
For advancing bioengineering and COVID testing and leading one of the region's biggest public-market debuts.
Reshma Shetty is cofounder of Ginkgo Bioworks, which recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol $DNA. She has been active in the field of synthetic biology for nearly 20 years, co-organizing the first international conference in the field in 2004.
Shetty has a B.S. in computer science from the University of Utah and a PhD in biological engineering from MIT.
CAREER MILESTONES
2021
Ginkgo had one of the biggest public-market debuts in the region's history
2019
Received the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology and Agriculture
2014
Ginkgo was the first biotech company to participate in the Y Combinator startup accelerator
2008
Cofounded Ginkgo Bioworks with Jason Kelly, Barry Canton, Austin Che, and Tom Knight