Kris Richardson is Senior Research Biologist in the Corporate Materials Research Laboratory (CRML). He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 2017, where he worked with artificial blood (hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers) for wound healing and transfusion medicine applications. Kris then joined 3M's CRML Biomaterials Cluster in 2018 where he develops technologies for biopharmaceutical purification. In his spare time, Kris enjoys CrossFit, woodworking, home renovation, and spending quality time with his wife Jen and two dogs Fluff (Shih Tzu) and Artie (Golden Retriever).