Ryan Honaker
Director of R&D
- Role
- Director of R & d at KatKin
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ryan Honaker
Senior R&D and life sciences leader with extensive experience building and scaling…
Experience
Director of R & d
Jan 2024 — Present
Management, growth, and capacity development of Katkin’s R&D group, including oversight of core nutritional product formulation and improvement, new and existing product development, scientific study execution, and scientific digital product development-In-house testing pipeline and pilot kitchen for recipe testing based on nutritional, quality, cost engineering, and palatability improvements; testing products from benchtop samples to external cattery to in-market tests-Scientific study design and execution with both external providers as well as with free-living cats to generate marketing claims, validate product approach, and generate public-facing content, brand trust, and thought leadership focusing on nutritional and food science as well as the microbiome-Development of customer-facing digital products designed to provide actionable, proprietary insights and increase customer engagement and value-Led and expanded team, increasing speed, automation, and robustness of product development and scientific approach
Education
Brigham Young University
B.S.
1997 — 2001
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
PhD
2005 — 2010
Skills
- Rna Isolation
- Product Development
- Microbiome
- Sequencing
- Microbiota
- Immunofluorescence
- Project Management
- Molecular Cloning
- Animal Models
- Microscopy
- Early-Stage Startups
- Biochemistry
- Pcr
- Microbiology
- Real Time Pcr
- Protein Purification
- Life Sciences
- Qpcr
- Presentations
- Cell Culture
- Microarray Analysis
- Tissue Culture
- Pathogens
- Scientific Writing
- Management
- Oral & Written Communication Skills
- Dna
- Lifesciences
- Molecular Biology
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Bacterial Culture
- Genetics
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