Elise de Reus is a passionate biotech innovator and co‑founder of Cradle, where she leads partnerships to bring generative AI into protein design. With a PhD in fungal synthetic biology and an MSc in biochemical engineering (TU Delft), she previously shaped microbial development at Zymergen and engineered fungal strains at Perfect Day Foods—before pivoting to techbio entrepreneurship. At Cradle, she combines deep scientific expertise with strategic collaboration to help teams across pharma, sustainable materials, and food tech leverage AI-powered protein engineering.