Christa Mariano

Christa Mariano has a wealth of experience in product development and formulation. Christa began their career in 2014 as a Research and Development Chemist at Allure Labs, Inc., where they formulated various types of systems, such as emulsion, serum, gel, and surfactants. Christa also had experience with cosmetic color matching and reverse engineering existing products. In 2016, they moved to NeoLife International as a Product Development Formulator, where they formulated nutritional powder drinks, pre-mixes, and tablets. Christa also performed organoleptic evaluation and set tablet parameters, such as disintegration time, hardness, dissolution, and checked friability. In 2018, they joined Amyris as a Senior Manager of Product Development. Christa later became the Manager of Product Development at pipette baby and a Specialist of Product Development at Biossance.

Christa Mariano completed their Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of California, Davis in 2014. Christa then went on to obtain their Master of Science in Chemistry from California State University - East Bay in 2019.