Kelsey Sakimoto

Kelsey Sakimoto is a Visiting Lecturer in Chemistry at Wellesley College and an Adjunct Faculty member at Bunker Hill Community College, with a focus on teaching organic and introductory labs as well as contributing to the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Departments. Prior experience includes serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Wheaton College Massachusetts, and as Principal Investigator at Biko Biolabs, where work centered on developing sustainable technologies for essential needs. As the Founder and Science Director at Kula Bio, Kelsey was instrumental in securing over $16 million in seed funding and directing multi-disciplinary R&D efforts. Previous academic roles include a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and contributions as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. Kelsey holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Yale University.