David Kong

Co-Founder & Director at How To Grow (Almost) Anything in August 2015 to Present

Creative Activist Fellow at to.org in October 2022 to Present

Advisor at Bay Bridge Ventures in January 2023 to Present

Council Member at Mass Cultural Council in March 2024 to Present

Co-Chair “Framing Biotechnology’s Futures” Theme and “Next Generation Leaders” Program at Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology summit in October 2024 to Present

Earth One Fellow at Earth One in November 2024 to Present

Education and Workforce Development Committee Member at BioMADE in April 2025 to Present

Director, Community Biotechnology Initiative at MIT Media Lab in April 2017 to Present

Science Angel at Experiment Foundation in January 2024 to January 2024

Science Advisor at Grow Your Own Cloud in July 2021 to January 2023

Mentor at Unlock Her Potential in July 2021 to January 2023

Co-Founder at The Bridge Program in July 2021 to January 2023

Sounding Board Member at MilliporeSigma in January 2020 to January 2022

Founding Team Member at #BeatTheVirus in March 2020 to January 2021

Change Maker Advisory Board at HUBweek in February 2018 to July 2020

Advisory Board Member at HUBweek in January 2020 to January 2020

Advisory Board Member (Pao Arts Center) at Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center in January 2016 to January 2020

Founder & Board President at EMW Community Space in January 2011 to January 2019

Judge at Biodesign Challenge in March 2018 to June 2018

Advisory Board Member (Fall Symposium) at Cambridge Historical Society in March 2017 to January 2018

Principal Investigator & Technical Staff, Bioengineering Systems & Technologies at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in January 2012 to March 2017

Co-Chair of 2015 Hardware Track, Official DJ at iGEM Foundation in January 2014 to January 2015

Fellow, Mentor at Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Progream (LEAP) in January 2012 to January 2015

Physiology Course Guest Faculty at Marine Biological Laboratory in January 2014 to January 2014

Medical Technology Advisor at Youth CITIES in January 2013 to January 2014

Guest Lecturer, Guest Expert in Synthetic Biology at Artscience Labs in October 2012 to January 2014

Chief Engineering Officer at Cellanyx Diagnostics in January 2011 to January 2011

Community Arts Organizer at Boston Progress Arts Collective in January 2004 to January 2011

Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Media Lab in January 2009 to January 2010

Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab in January 2002 to January 2008