Frances H. Arnold

Prof. Frances Arnold Ph.D. serves as Independent Director of the Company. She has served as a member of our Board of Directors since December 2019. Frances manages a research group, is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, and is a Director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center, all at the California Institute of Technology. She joined the California Institute of Technology in 1986 and has served as a Visiting Associate, Assistant Professor, Professor, and Director. Frances’s laboratory focuses on protein engineering by directed evolution, with applications in alternative energy, chemicals, and medicine. She has been appointed co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science &Technology by President Biden.