Andy Zeng

Dr. Zhe Zeng is a senior scientist affiliated with the Danone Nutricia Research Institute in the Netherlands. He has been engaged in research on gut microbiota and microbial physiological metabolism for over ten years. He obtained his Ph.D. from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and his Master's degree from the Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also serves as a guest editor for the renowned microbiology journal Frontiers in Microbiology and as an industry mentor for several universities. He founded NewPro Bioworks, which leverages synthetic biology enabling technologies and precision fermentation to advance the biomanufacturing of functional dairy proteins such as lactoferrin, casein, and beta-lactoglobulin.