Johan Kers

Co-founder and CEO, Birch Biosciences (YC S22)

Founder

Birch Biosciences· Summer 2022🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States

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2021Founder· Birch Biosciences

Founder · since 2021

Company

Birch Biosciences

Role

Founder and CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Birch Biosciences

We recycle plastic using engineered enzymes

Summer 2022

Experience

Career

Birch Biosciences
Founder
Founder and CEO · Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area · 2021 – Present
2021
AbSci
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships · 2020 – 2021
2020
AbSci
Chief Technology Officer · Vancouver, WA · 2020
2020
AbSci
Vice President, Research · Vancouver, WA · 2019 – 2020
2019
AbSci
Director, Molecular Sciences · Vancouver, WA · 2018 – 2019
2018
Joyn Bio
Program Director · Greater Boston · 2018
2018
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Program Director · Greater Boston · 2016 – 2017
2016
Intrexon Corporation
Director, Human Therapeutics Division · South San Francisco, CA · 2011 – 2016
2011
Stanford University School of Medicine
Post-doctoral fellow · 2005 – 2011
2005
Cornell University
Graduate Student · 2001 – 2005
2001

Bio

Johan is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Birch Biosciences. He has spent the last 15 years programming bacteria and genetic circuits to produce novel therapeutic proteins and other natural products at leading companies including Absci and Ginkgo Bioworks. Johan is especially interested in solving major sustainability problems using biotechnology. He holds a PhD from Cornell University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine.