Colleen Cottrell

Colleen Cottrell has a diverse work experience in the food industry. Colleen currently works at Motif FoodWorks as a Senior Application Scientist since August 2022. Prior to this role, they held the position of Application Scientist at the same company from July 2021 to August 2022. Before joining Motif FoodWorks, Colleen worked at Kellogg Company as a Lead Food Designer from January 2021 to June 2021. Colleen also has experience at RXBAR, where they served as a Senior Food Scientist, Research from August 2020 to January 2021, and as a Food Scientist, Research from May 2018 to August 2020. Colleen began their career at DuPont as an Associate Research Investigator, Grain Processing from August 2015 to April 2018. Colleen also gained valuable experience as a Protein Chemistry Lab Assistant at Purdue University from June 2013 to May 2015. Additionally, they worked as a Product Development Intern at Griffith Foods from June 2014 to January 2015.

Colleen Cottrell completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Food Science at Purdue University from 2011 to 2015. Later, they pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which they completed from 2019 to 2021.