# Craig Rouskey

> Craig Rouskey is a molecular scientist, community-biology advocate and repeat founder whose path runs from industrial research and Amsterdam training to Oakland biohacker spaces, open-science projects, Pando Nutrition, Renegade.bio and Flore Inc. After joining Floré as CEO in 2024, navigating a 2025 scale-down and acquiring and rebuilding the business, he relaunched Flore from his hometown of Joliet, Illinois, in 2026.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Flore Inc.
- **Organizations:** Flore Inc., Flore Clinical, renegade.bio, Pando Nutrition, BioNascent, Immunity Project, Real Vegan Cheese, Counter Culture Labs, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Avant Immunotherapeutics
- **Education:** BSc, Biology, University of St. Francis, MSc, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Southern Illinois University, Onderzoeker in Opleiding (doctoral research training), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- **Known for:** Built and managed a team of 110 at renegade.bio., Led renegade.bio through more than 300,000 tests, according to his 2026 public account., Two-time IndieBio alumnus and three-time SOSV-backed founder, according to investor Sean O'Sullivan.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Began working in molecular science after graduate training and developed synthetic-biology expertise in industry.
- **2007-2009** — Completed advanced research training at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam.
- **2013** — Spoke at TEDxBellevue on citizen science and the shift from institutions to community.
- **2014** — Worked as principal scientist for the nonprofit Immunity Project, co-authored the Real Vegan Cheese BioCoder article and taught molecular cloning at Counter Culture Labs.
- **2017** — Co-founded Pando Nutrition with Doug Manofsky after the pair began developing a synthetic-biology business concept.
- **2020** — Co-founded renegade.bio and led it as CEO; the company eventually grew to 110 people and ran more than 300,000 tests, according to Rouskey.
- **2024** — Succeeded Sunny Jain as CEO of Floré.
- **2025** — Led Sun Genomics through a public scale-down after sustaining funds became unavailable.
- **2026** — Acquired and rebuilt Sun Genomics into Flore Inc. and moved operations to a GMP facility in his hometown of Joliet, Illinois.

## Achievements

- Built and managed a team of 110 at renegade.bio.
- Led renegade.bio through more than 300,000 tests, according to his 2026 public account.
- Two-time IndieBio alumnus and three-time SOSV-backed founder, according to investor Sean O'Sullivan.
- Co-authored the 2014 BioCoder feature on the open-source Real Vegan Cheese project.
- Taught DIY molecular cloning at Counter Culture Labs.
- Published research appearing in Vaccine (2007) and Cancer Research (2013).
- Named an OUTstanding Voice in the San Francisco Business Times' 2023 Business of Pride program.
- Rebuilt Sun Genomics as Flore Inc. and established new operations in Joliet in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Flore's official site listed Rouskey as CEO and described its platform as having produced more than 40,000 formulations.
- **2026-06** — Published an article on Flore's site about the future of personalized nutrition.
- **2026-04** — Publicly described building a modular personalization engine from nine years of structured formulation data.
- **2026-02** — Announced that Flore Inc. was operating from a GMP facility in Joliet, Illinois, with continued backing from SOSV.
- **2025-05** — Signed Sun Genomics' announcement that it would scale down operations because sustaining funds were unavailable.

## Links

- Website: https://flore.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-rouskey
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sungenomics
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crouskey.bsky.social
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sungenomics/

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Last updated: 2026-08-18