Victoria Knight-Connoni

Victoria Knight-Connoni serves as the Head of Biological Content and Product Development at ATCC since August 2021, with a prior role as BioNexus Principal Scientist-Content. From February 2016 to August 2021, Victoria held the position of Senior Director of Microbial Evaluation at Indigo, leading microbial sourcing and evaluation efforts, including plant microbiome research. Victoria's earlier experience includes serving as Director of Microbial Evaluation at Indigo, Senior Scientist II at Cubist Pharmaceuticals focusing on infectious diseases, and Section Head of Microbiology at Cetek Corporation. Additional roles include Senior Scientist in Marine Microbiology at Aphios Corporation and Study Director in Toxicology at Toxikon Corporation. Victoria holds a Post Doctoral Fellowship in Microbial Ecology from Rutgers University, a PhD in Microbiology from the University of New Hampshire, and a BS in Microbiology from the University of Rhode Island.