Chris Eiben

Chris Eiben is sowing the seeds for a plentiful future by building deep tech companies solving sustainability challenges. He is the founder and CEO of Perlumi, a biotech startup increasing crop yield and drought tolerance by improving photosynthesis. The initial technical insight leading to Perlumi’s photosynthesis mission was drawn from Chris’s strong science background. He earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley, focusing on synthetic metabolism and protein engineering in Jay Keasling’s lab. He has published his academic work in peer reviewed journals including Nature Biotechnology, and ACS Synthetic Biology. Chris has also authored several patent applications for technology he has developed. To complement his science background, Chris pursued two years of entrepreneurial training via the prestigious Activate fellowship.