Justin Zabilansky
AeroFarms
Newark, NJ USA
"There’s a whole lot of opportunities within this space to not only create lettuce factories but do a lot of different stuff with this type of technology that can hopefully impact the world in a very positive way."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Biological/Biosystems Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I grew up learning to grow and hunt my own food and live off the land as much as possible.
2.
Coming out of high school, I knew I was interested in sustainability, biology, and engineering.
3.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in biological engineering and was initially considering either going into pharmaceuticals or continuing my education.
4.
I heard about this new thing called vertical farming and thought it sounded interesting, so I reached out to the founder of AeroFarms for an opportunity.
5.
I started at AeroFarms in the research and development department where I worked on machine vision applications and data analysis.
6.
I eventually moved into the production facility and learned how to operate our large grow room.
7.
I currently work as the director of engineering design and spend my time figuring out how we create a controlled environment and systems that enable automation for large scale growing.
