Michelle is co-founder and CEO of Tinctorium, a seed-stage color startup using synthetic biology and microbial fermentation technology to create more sustainable sources of dyes and pigments for the fashion industry and beyond, starting with indigo for blue jeans. With a background in operations and strategy and a family business in denim and apparel wholesale, Michelle runs Tinctorium’s business functions and supports her co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Tammy Hsu to commercialize the biotechnology solution, which was originally developed as part of Tammy’s doctoral thesis work at UC Berkeley. Michelle completed her undergraduate studies at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
