Elizabeth Clarke

Elizabeth Clarke is the founder and CTO of Industrial Microbes, a company that designs and builds microorganisms. Elizabeth is also a scientist who has worked for LS9, Inc., where they served as a key member of the team that delivered a green chemical to Proctor and Gamble ahead of technical milestones. Clarke has developed a specialization in targeted genome engineering and random mutagenesis, and has led a team to improve methods for whole-cell random mutagenesis and characterization of resulting strains. Elizabeth has co-authored four patent applications, two covering evolved enzyme variants for improved activity or altered substrate specificity, and two covering genome modifications for improved product composition and yield.

Elizabeth Clarke has a PhD in Biophysics from the University of California, San Francisco and a degree in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.

The people who work with Elizabeth Clarke are their colleagues. They include scientists, consultants, and business development advisors. Elizabeth Clarke is the founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of the company.