
Scott Fahrenkrug, Ph.D.
Dr. Fahrenkrug is an academic, inventor, entrepreneur and a recognized leader in livestock genetics and genomics. Prior to founding Recombinetics, Fahrenkrug was tenured faculty in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota, where he earned a Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, Development Biology and Genetics. He was a member of the Center for Genome Engineering, the Stem Cell Institute and the Masonic Cancer Center. He co-founded Spring Point Project, a non-profit organization focused on developing cures to diabetes using swine cells and tissues, and he served as a molecular geneticist at the USDA Meat Animal Research Center.