David Paul Walton

David Paul Walton is a Senior Scientist at Beyond Meat, where responsibilities have included developing innovative solutions since March 2020. Previous roles at Beyond Meat also encompassed positions as Innovation Scientist 2 and Innovation Scientist 1. Prior to this, David served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University from February 2019 to February 2020, focusing on the design and evaluation of polymers for gene therapeutic delivery and performing various cell culture assays. David's academic background includes a PhD in Chemistry from Caltech, where research involved creating light-activated prodrugs and conducting advanced organic synthesis techniques between August 2012 and January 2019. David obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Millersville University of Pennsylvania in 2012.