Trevor co-founded and was CSO of Spira, Inc., an algae company, as a college junior. After coming to terms with the many obstacles facing traditional cellular technologies, he returned to undergrad and eventually graduate school. Trevor completed his PhD in Nikhil Nair’s lab at Tufts University in the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering. His thesis research focused on developing low-cost tools for improving protein stability and activity for use in cell-free processes. This research laid the foundation for Caravel’s platform.