Eri Gentry, Science and technology researcher at the Institute for the Future, Co-Founder and Chairperson of BioCurious

Eri is a science and technology researcher at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto-based futures research organization, where she helps organizations navigate the zones between technology disruption and user adoption. Eri is co-founder and chairperson of BioCurious, the world’s first hackerspace for biology, named one of FastCompany’s Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in Education. She is passionate about making science and medicine open and useful. She has been named a Champion for Change in Citizen Science by the White House, a Hometown Hero by Popular Mechanics, a Techonomy Top Ten – edging out additive manufacturing.