Stephen O'Rourke 4 posts 0 comments

Stephen O’Rourke leads commercialization for BioFlavor, a Research to Business project at the University of Helsinki exploring microbial fermentation, vitamin B12 and plant-based foods. He has a background in regulatory strategy and commercialization across food biotech, novel foods and precision fermentation, and spent more than a decade living and working in Germany before moving to Finland. He is also the founder of Clarifi, an independent regulatory and commercialization consultancy. His work focuses particularly on the point where emerging science meets regulation, industry, and the market. Originally from Ireland, Stephen is now based in Helsinki.