Ali obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the University of Strasbourg, where he worked in Andrew Griffiths’ lab developing screening applications for droplet-based microfluidics. For more than ten years, he held diverse roles at Novozymes, such as Science Manager, Department Manager, Scouting for Innovative Technologies, and Technical Service Manager. Recently, he was the Director of Protein Engineering at Allozymes, a young Singaporean startup who recently raised their series A.