Professional Affiliation

Research Fellow, University of Cambridge

Expert Bio

Dr. Jenny Molloy is a Shuttleworth Fellow at the University of Cambridge, studying the role and impact of open approaches to intellectual property for a sustainable and equitable bioeconomy. In particular she researches the potential for local, distributed manufacturing of enzymes to improve access and build capacity for biological research. This work combines technical development using synthetic biology-based platform technologies with qualitative research on challenges faced by molecular biologists globally through interviews and case studies.  Jenny is involved in a number of international communities for open tools in science, including the Gathering for Open Science Hardware and closer to home she is a board member of Makespace and Biomakespace, Cambridge's community workshop and biology lab.