Patricia oversees PreScouter’s outreach department, which interviews industry leaders to secure the essential details that enable clients to act on the information PreScouter provides. An alumnus of the Advanced Degree Researcher network at PreScouter, Patricia has worked with PreScouter since 2014. She completed her BS in Bioengineering at Rice University and received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her dissertation research focused on developing improved catalysts for methanol synthesis. Prior to her PhD Patricia worked at a biotech startup producing monoclonal antibodies. She is based in Fort Kent, Maine.

João currently leads the Healthcare & Life Sciences sector. With PreScouter since 2015, he ensures PreScouter clients receive the latest insights into any disruptive or groundbreaking technologies within the space by helping them find new markets for their products, ensure acquisition targets have truly unique and innovative technologies or connect them to the right partner to solve their technical needs. As an academic, João performed research in Bio-Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, the University College London in the UK, and the University of Lisbon in Portugal.

Marija is an alumnus of the global advanced degree researchers network and has worked with PreScouter for more than five years and on over 100 projects, spanning across areas such as product and process improvement and development, sustainability, and industry trends throughout chemicals, materials and packaging industry. Marija completed her Master’s degree in Polymer Engineering from Belgrade University and her PhD in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). Marija’s academic research was focused on understanding reaction mechanisms in order to rationally design catalysts for polymerization and metathesis reactions. Prior to her PhD, Marija worked in the chemical industry on the synthesis of new textile dyes.

Charles is a Senior Project Architect and Technical Director of the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice at PreScouter. He is responsible for ensuring that our clients' innovation needs in this space are being addressed by overseeing PreScouter's teams of Advanced Degree Researchers. He has managed projects covering all stages of innovation in the biomedical space, from emerging academic research through preclinical and clinical development of therapeutics and medical devices, to implementations of products in clinical settings. As an academic, he developed integrated microscopy–computational systems for high-precision quantification of the behavior of individual bacterial cells. Charles graduated with a BA in Physics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Spanish from Vanderbilt University, then earned his PhD in Biophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago before working as a Postdoctoral Analyst at Purdue University.

Sofiane earned his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where his research focused on nanotechnology and energy storage. Before joining PreScouter, Sofiane worked as an emerging technology and business strategy consultant. He specializes in the high tech and aerospace and defense sectors, in addition to working closely with private equity and venture capital clients. Sofiane is based in Paris, France.

Daniel is an alumnus of the PreScouter’s advanced degree researchers network and has worked with PreScouter for more than three years and on over 50 projects, spanning across areas such as innovation strategy and roadmapping, product and process improvement and development, sustainability, and technology trends throughout the CPG industry. Daniel earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the NC State University, where his research focused on developing stimuli-responsive polymer networks for microrobotics applications. After his graduate studies, he completed postdoctoral work at INSA Toulouse, France where his work focused on the intersection of nanoparticle assembly, nanofabrication and microfluidics to develop novel sensors. Before joining PreScouter, Daniel gained industrial experience in pharma manufacturing, polymer processing and science manuscript editing, and he is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Gareth currently leads the Food & Beverage sector. He specializes in the Food & Beverage, Life Sciences, and Cannabis industries, and has been with PreScouter since 2015. As an academic, he specialized in membrane protein biochemistry, working with an international research group assembled to study structural and functional aspects of these challenging targets in health and disease. Gareth graduated with a BSc in biochemistry, medical specialization, from the University of British Columbia, and is completing his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Alberta. Gareth is based out of Calgary, Alberta in Canada.

Ryan is one of PreScouter’s Project Architects. He specializes in the Biomedical sector and in cases focused on corporate strategy. After receiving a Masters in Business and Science from the Keck Graduate Institute of the Claremont Colleges, Ryan received his PhD in Genetics and Developmental Biology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. While there he was also a member of the University’s premier acapella group, the Lymph Notes. His Postdoctoral training was done in Yale’s department of Biomedical Engineering.

Christian is one of PreScouter's Project Architects. He specializes in Materials, Manufacturing and Testing. Christian graduated with a D.I. in Materials Science and is completing his Master’s degree in Materials Science and Technology. His dissertation research focuses on Heat Treating and Thermo-Mechanical-Metallurgy finite element simulation. Christian has years of experience in the energy industry in aging management and failure analysis, as well as a technical consultant for special alloys manufacturing.

Maikel is one of PreScouter’s Technical Directors. He specializes in Healthcare and more recently, Covid-19. After receiving a Masters in Science from the VU University in Amsterdam, Maikel continued working there and obtained his PhD in Medical Microbiology from the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. His Postdoctoral training was done in Yale’s department of Microbial Pathogenesis, where he obtained an EMBO Fellowship for his research on Tuberculosis. During his time at Yale he was the Chair of the Yale Postdoctoral Association. Maikel is currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Gloria is one of  PreScouter’s Project Architects. She has worked on a variety of different projects in both the consumer packaged goods as well as the food and beverage spaces. Gloria has an academic background in microbiology and analytical chemistry. Her dissertation involved determining the antifungal effects of plant extracts on fungal physiology. She has developed and optimized various microbiological assays and analytical chemistry lab protocols for the separation of plant components via HPLC and flash chromatography. She also has previous environmental toxicology and molecular biology research experience.

Ziya is a Project Architect working within the PreScouter Natural Resources group. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Akron where his research focused on bioremediation. Ziya has years of experience working as a process engineer, a quality assurance manager and an auditor. Since graduation he has worked in market research & consultancy. Some of Ziya’s previous projects include: comminution and sorting, biotechnology in mining, coal to syngas, green hydrogen, CO2 capture, renewable energy, and digital transformation.

Garrett earned his Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from NC State University, where his research focused on metal biooxidation, resistance and toxicity in thermoacidophiles. After his graduate studies, he worked at a cannabinoid infusion technology startup, offering highly effective and bioavailable delivery solutions for cannabis and hemp customers. Before joining PreScouter, Garrett gained experience in product development and commercial launch. Garrett is based in Sacramento, California.

Megan is PreScouter’s Director of Product Strategy. She joined PreScouter in 2018 to manage all of the activities related to the Analyst experience including recruitment, engagement and post-network activities. Since then she has created the Subject Matter Expert (SME) network and spearheaded several internal product initiatives and training. Megan holds a BA in Communication Studies from the University of Iowa.