ACDIS: Seminar Series - Matt McKnight, Ginkgo Bioworks
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- The Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security
- Location
- Coble Hall, Conference Room 108 -- 801 S. Wright Street
- Virtual
- Join online
- Date
- Mar 6, 2025 5:00 pm
- Speaker
- Matt McKnight, Ginkgo Bioworks
- Contact
- The Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security
- acdic@illinois.edu
- Views
- 54
- Originating Calendar
- NPRE Events
Matt McKnight leads Biosecurity at Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE:DNA). Biosecurity is Ginkgo's business unit focused on national security and global pandemic response. Prior to building the Biosecurity business, matt spent 4 years at Ginkgo's Chief Commercial Officer and 7 years as an investor at IndUS Growth Partners where he was also the President and COO of Decision Resources Group. Matt has worked supporting business development at Palantir Technologies and is an active venture investor. Early in his career, he served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Matt completed a degree in History at Dartmouth College and is a graduate of the joint degree program at the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government where he was a Zuckerman Fellow.