Nadine Bongaerts
Nadine Bongaerts is a Dutch synthetic biologist, entrepreneur, speaker who is actively bridging science and technology with business and society. She has a great passion for science education, entrepreneurship, and technological developments that change the world. In 2014, she joined the international board of Hello Tomorrow as Global Community Director. Hello Tomorrow connects scientists with entrepreneurs and investors to accelerate lab inventions to the market. Learn more at http://hello-tomorrow.org/blog/. She also joined the Kairos Society, a global community of young changemakers who combine entrepreneurship and innovation to advance the world. Learn more at http://www.kairossociety.com. Her interest in synthetic biology was sparked in 2010, when she successfully participated in iGEM, a synthetic biology competition organized by MIT. Her team developed so-called biobricks to transform bacteria into oil digesting cells. The work was recognized nationally and internationally.
