Neil Renninger, Ph.D., has a cross-disciplinary understanding of both the micro-world of strain engineering and the macro-world of chemical engineering. He received a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, studying the metabolic engineering of bacterial cells for chemical transformations. Dr. Renninger received undergraduate training in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he simultaneously earned an M.S. in environmental engineering. While a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Renninger focused on the proteomics of isoprenoid-producing plants and microbes. Mr. Renninger has also been recognized by Technology Review magazine as one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35.