Prior to his role with the Deep Space Food Challenge, Dane Gobel co-founded Methuselah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting healthy human life extension research by incubating and sponsoring mission-critical ventures, scientific research, and competition prizes to accelerate breakthroughs in healthy human life extension.

He has been instrumental to launching and managing critical initiatives on tissue engineering and bioprinting, regenerative medicine, and longevity-focused open innovation challenges. Dane passionately champions innovations in immersive technology and healthtech, with a focus on impacting healthy human lifespans.