OUR COCOA-OLOGISTS
Celleste was founded by scientists and operators focused on one challenge: making real cocoa supply stable, scalable, and future-proof.
Our team of best-in-class experts in AgTech, BioTech, FoodTech, data and analytics and business leadership are complemented by an advisory board of experts in R&D, innovation, plant science and venture capital.
Cocoa-Ologists Management
Michal Beressi Golomb
CEO
Hanne Volpin, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO
Arkadi Haikin
VP Process Engineering
Cocoa-Ologists Board & Advisors
Daphna Michaeli, PhD,
Plant & Molecular Biology Scientist
Howard Yana-Shapiro, PhD
Leading cocoa scientist, Chief Agricultural Officer, MARS
Ian Noble, PhD
VP R&D Mondelez
Neil Willcocks
Ex VP R&D MARS
Nitza Kardish, PhD
EVP, Head of Agrifood, Trendlines
Shayna Harris
Co-Founder & General Partner, Supply Change Capital
Cocoa-Ologists Team
Dror Shitrit, PhD
Lead Scientist
Radi Aly, PhD
Senior Scientist
Silvia Zypman, MsC
Tissue Plant Culture Specialist
Arielle Zouela-Levy, MsC
Project Manager
Bar Amir
Lab Technician
Ben Sivan, MsC
Data Scientist
Boris Weisman, BsC
Research Assistant
Dana Koriat Raber, BsC
Research Assistant
Danielle Ben-Abu, MsC
Genomic Researcher
Ian Golzman
Lab Technician
Reem Ahmad
Lab Technician