Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde is an accomplished entrepreneur and academic with extensive expertise in biotechnology, synthetic biology, and education reform. As the Executive Chairman and Founder of Labster since 2012, Mads has been instrumental in pioneering innovative educational tools for science and lab safety across global institutions. Previously, Mads served as CEO and Founder of the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen and held a role as Honorary Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability. Mads' research has contributed significantly to sustainable biotechnological advancements in cell factory development in collaboration with prestigious institutions like Harvard and Columbia University. Mads has received recognition for excellence in education from the Wharton School and has been awarded a gold medal in the iGEM competition at MIT. Mads' academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Synthetic Biology and Bioinformatics from DTU, along with multiple degrees from Harvard University and the Technical University of Denmark.