Nicholas Legendre

Nicholas Legendre, PhD, currently serves as a Program Manager at Velsera since January 2023, focusing on enhancing precision medicine through collaboration among healthcare and life sciences. Simultaneously, Nicholas has held the position of Program Manager at Seven Bridges since January 2022. Previously, Nicholas was the Director of Biological Research at New Age Meats from January 2019 to December 2021, overseeing porcine cell engineering and flavor discovery for cell-cultured meat products. Nicholas gained significant experience as a Stem Cell Biologist and Employer Liaison at DOCjobs.com in 2018 and contributed to research in regenerative medicine as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Connecticut, which included mentorship and publication of two papers. Nicholas’s background also includes various analytical roles at companies such as Pace Analytical and NatureWorks LLC, with a strong foundation in chemistry, having obtained a PhD in Genetics from the University of Connecticut and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.