About
Luke earned his PhD from UC Berkeley in Chemistry and is a graduate of the DOE-sponsored Activate Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. After graduation Luke cofounded ZestBio where he has served for 7 years as CTO and PI for successful NSF and USDA SBIR Phase II awards. While at ZestBio he led tech development including a new enzyme manufacturing process from idea to fully integrated bench scale process and also led product development including formulation of biobased chelants, colorants, food ingredients, and corrosion inhibitors.
Luke has been dedicated to developing environmental and climate technologies since undergrad in an effort to be a positive contributor to this grand challenge facing science in the 21st century and as an opportunity to leave a lasting and positive impact on the world.
Joined
January 2025
