CTO and VP of R&D at Aleph Farms
Dr. Lavon serves as the CTO and VP of R&D of Aleph Farms, a global foodcompany established in Israel. Neta has over 20 years of experience in stemcell applications in biotechnology, specializing in the commercialization ofemerging technologies for industrial utilization. Prior to Aleph Farms, she wasCOO of the biotech company Kadimastem (TLV:KDST), developing celltherapy products for ALS and neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, as aresearcher at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles she led the establishment ofrepository of 25 novel pluripotent stem cell lines. Dr. Lavon holds a Ph.D. inGenetics, an M.Sc. in Biotechnology, and a B.Sc. in Food Sciences from theHebrew University in Israel. In 2017 upon Aleph Farms establishment. Dr.Lavon joined the company founders, as the VP of R&D, to lead thetechnological strategy of the company. Today as the company’s CTO, Netaoversees the in house and external research and development and thescaling-up of the technological platforms towards production of variousproducts from animal cell cultures.