Luke is biotech generalist with a diverse career spanning science and operations.

Luke began his career as a scientist, spending nearly ten years at two biotech startups—Native Microbials and Zymergen—where he played pivotal roles in developing and commercializing innovative products. As the first employee at Native Microbials, Luke developed and commercialized the company’s flagship product. For five years at Zymergen, Luke led his team to develop the company’s first successful product in the Ag sector.

Before joining Octant, Luke led operations at Synthace, a biotech SaaS company.Luke holds a B.S. in Microbiology and Molecular Biology from the University of Washington.