Team
Our team combines expertise in plant science, protein engineering, and industrial scale-up to build a new generation of biomaterials using plant-based systems.
Team
Dr Ejaz Hussain: Co-Founder & CEO
PhD Synthetic Biology, University of Edinburgh 5 years of Genome engineering and biotech scale-up industry experience
Dr Saba Riaz: Co-Founder & CTO
PhD Plant Biochemistry
Imperial College London
10 years in Plant Transformation
Eda Leka: CCO & COO
MBA, MIT | Venture Partner PACT VC
16 years in tech scale-up and Sales
Ex-Amazon & HelloFresh (Board Management)
Dr Yuan Wu: Senior Scientist
PhD Biochemistry
10+ years in purification & bioprocessing
University of Cambridge
Dr Yogesh Srivastava: AI-Driven Bioinformatics Scientist
PhD in Protein Biochemistry | Texas, USA
15+ years in biotechnology and biochemistry
Dr Gonzalo Arellano Dominguez: Senior Scientist
PhD in Plant Engineering and Molecular Biology
Imperial College London
Advisory Board
Scientific and Technical Advisors
Prof. Julian Hibberd FRS
Scientific Technical Advisor
University of Cambridge
Prof. Andrew J. Millar FRS, FRSE
Scientific Advisor
Biomass Cultivation and Scaling in Scotland
Prof. Peter Nixon
Technical and Commercial Advisor
Scaling biomanufacturing and navigating regulatory pathways
Imperial College London
Commercial Advisors
Prof. Derek Stewart, NAPIC, JHI
Scaling biomanufacturing and Regulatory support on Alt-Proteins
Alex Giles
Ex-NHS Innovation Lead/GHS Clinics
Regulatory and Commercialisation experience in regenerative medicine materials
Daniel Dearing
Innovate UK Business Growth – Senior Innovation Specialist
Support Leafycoll for Commercialisation Strategy, Funding & Grant Management, high-level networking and Operational support
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The Future of Materials is Grown
LeafyColl is building the future of human identical biomaterials