Stephanie Tang

External Innovation, Dermatology

Bayer

Sarah De Szalay

R&D Director

Stealth Health Startup

Sarah Lebeer

Professor

University of Antwerp

Mike Hoptroff

Senior R&D Manager

Unilever

Michael Hoptroff is a senior R&D manager at Unilever with over 21 years experience in advancing the science of skin microbiology and the skin microbiome and the development of personal care products. In this time he has worked within Unilever and with a range of industrial and academic partners on projects ranging from handwashing to scalp care to body as well as being active in oral microbiology research.

Claire Smith

Biotech VC

Anterra Capital

Claire is an Associate at Anterra Capital. Prior to joining Anterra, she was the Chief of Staff at Crestovo, a biotech start-up developing microbiome-based therapies for infectious diseases. Before that, she worked as a consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners, where she advised pharmaceutical and biotech clients on a variety of growth strategy topics. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Bachelor of Science degrees in biological engineering and management science.