Faraz Harsini: The Leaders of the Future

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Faraz Harsini has been advocating for animal rights for over a decade. He is the CEO and founder of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), a non-profit organization that supports students who are interested in advocating for animal protection and pursuing careers that can make a difference.

He is also a Bioprocessing Senior Scientist at the Good Food Institute, where he works on advancing scientific and technological methods to produce alternative proteins on a large scale.

Dr. Harsini's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, with a focus on process design and nanobiotechnology. He also has a Master's degree in biotechnology and cancer research, as well as a PhD in Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics.

Before joining GFI, he worked in the biopharmaceutical industry, developing therapeutic proteins for diseases such as Covid19, influenza, cancer, and inflammatory diseases.

Dr. Harsini collaborates with organizations like PCRM to promote alternatives to animal testing and to combat animal exploitation. He speaks at colleges about his personal experience as an immigrant, a first-generation college student, and a member of the LGBT community, connecting the oppression of animals to other forms of oppression.

Dr. Harsini believes that the root cause of many global issues affecting humans and animals is linked to the food system. Therefore, he aims to change the food system through his work at GFI and to train and support students to become future leaders in animal protection through ASAP.

LINKS:

alliedscholars.org

instagram.com/alliedscholars/

gfi.org

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0:00.0	Species,
0:07.0	species.
0:09.0	Unite, unite. Which person do you want to be? Do you want to be the person who says it's a systemic issue and
0:17.6	contributes to be a part of a problem or do you want to be a person who sees that this is injustice like the way you just accept it and wants to do something about it. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute
0:45.6	could you please rate and review Species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to
0:51.8	podcasts it really helps people to find the show.
0:57.0	This conversation is with Ferraze Harsini.
1:05.0	Ferraze is a cultivated meat,
1:09.0	bioprocessing, senior scientist at the Good Food Institute.
1:12.0	But today we're going to talk about his work
1:14.2	with university students, our future leaders. He does that work as the founder and
1:19.7	the CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection, or ASAP, a nonprofit that supports and mentors
1:27.2	student advocates and future vegan leaders for the abolition of cruelty to humans and non-humans. Thank you so much for doing this today.
1:47.0	I've been following you for a while.
1:52.0	Of course.
1:53.0	I've been following you for a while,
1:54.8	and I've been wanting to get you on here,
1:57.4	so I'm glad we did.
1:59.0	I want to talk about Allied Scholars
2:00.9	for Animal Protection, but I would love to talk about you first and how this all became your life.
2:07.3	How it all started? I think I always really cared for animals and the environment and people.
2:14.6	I remember when I was in college I was always concerned about, you know, labor kids and the environment was really important to me so that's why I even
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