Bill Aimutis
Co-Director & Chief Operating Officer
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BEZOS CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Bill Aimutis is Executive Director for the North Carolina Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL), the Co-Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein. Bill's teams work with entrepreneurial and multi-national companies in alternative protein, produce, and plant-based research, product development, and scale-up. Bill actively promotes alternative protein policy, marketing, and usage by speaking at numerous professional forums. Bill received a Bachelor's degree in Food Science at Purdue University and graduate degrees from Virginia Tech in the Food Science Department. Bill is a Certified Food Scientist, Fellow of the American Dairy Science Association and the Institute of Food Technologists, and a Distinguished Agricultural Alumnus from both Purdue University and Virginia Tech. Additionally, he was awarded an Outstanding Food Science Award from the Food Science Department at Purdue University, and the Ronald O. Ball Lectureship Award from the University of Alberta.