Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson currently serves as Associate Director of Business Development at Metagenomi, where responsibilities include competitive intelligence, partnerships, and external innovation search and evaluation. Prior roles at Metagenomi included Sr Manager of Business Development and Research Analyst. Emily built the company's competitive intelligence platform focused on gene editing technology. Previous experience includes a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, investigating enzymatic catalysis, and a graduate student position at UC Davis, where research concentrated on aluminum catalysts. Emily has held multiple teaching assistant positions in chemistry, authored publications in the Journal of American Chemical Society, and has research experience in electrochemical characterization from the University of Florida. Educational qualifications include an Executive MBA from UC Berkeley, a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from UC Davis, and a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Florida.