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Is the Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor in Probiotics Research in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at North Carolina State University; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CRISPR Biotechnologies; Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Ancilia Biosciences; Co-Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of TreeCo; and Co-Founder and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Intellia Therapeutics.
In 2017, Barrangou was named Editor-in-Chief of The CRISPR Journal.
He was elected as a member into the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.
He was also elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for the discovery of CRISPR-Cas genome editing and engineering microbes, plants, and animals for food.
He has been awarded 17 patents as of 2016.
2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences;
2017 NAS Award in Molecular Biology;
2016 Canada Gairdner International Award;
2016 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize;
2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher;
2015 NC State University Faculty Scholar;
2014 NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award recipient;
2014 Inducted into Phi Tau Sigma, the Honor Society for Food Science;
2011 NC State Food Science Outstanding Young Alumni award recipient;
2008 Danisco Innovation Award Recipient;
2003 National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow.