Micheal Pilkenton

Micheal Pilkenton has worked in a variety of roles since 2017. Micheal began as a Laboratory Technician at LMI Aerospace - A Member of the Sonaca Group in 2017, then moved to a Biopharmaceutical Production Technician at Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2018. In 2019, they worked as a Bench Scientist at Pfizer, and in 2020 as an Associate Scientist at Eurofins Discovery, where they focused on Oncopanel studies, Cell banking, and BioMAP services. In 2021, they became a Research Associate - Cell Culture at Arch Oncology, where they handled all cell culture needs for in vivo and in vitro assay requirements, performed transfections for protein production requirements, and maintained cell stocks, banking, and culturing optimizations. Currently, they are an Associate Scientist at Wugen.

Micheal Pilkenton earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology: Microbiology and Biotechnology emphasis from Missouri State University in 2017. Prior to that, they earned an Associate of Arts - AA in Biology, General from East Central College.