Boyana Konforti
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Boyana Konforti joined Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in November 2017 as director of scientific strategy and development where she leads and collaborates on a variety of strategic initiatives from the President’s Office. Konforti was the first director of education & outreach at the Simons Foundation, where she pioneered efforts to make science part of culture and unlock scientific thinking in everyone. She served for 15 years as a scientific journal editor, including being the launch editor of Cell Reports, the first open access journal at Cell Press. Before these pursuits, she spent more than a decade working as a bench scientist. She holds a PhD in biochemistry from Stanford.
Biography current as of February 10, 2020