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Nigel Reuel

Nigel Reuel

Founder and president of Skroot Laboratory Inc., which makes wireless sensors for tracking cell growth in labs

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Updated Nov 8, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 6, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Nigel Reuel

Nigel Reuel is the founder and president of Skroot Laboratory Inc., an Iowa-based biotechnology company that makes sensors to track cell growth. The sensors are stickers that attach to the outside of lab flasks and other single-use bioreactors. A wireless reader placed nearby measures cell concentration in real time. Reuel is also on the chemical and biological engineering faculty at Iowa State University, where he holds the Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering.

Before Skroot, Reuel started a company called Volvox Biologic Inc. and worked as a technology transfer consultant. He then joined DuPont, first as a research investigator and later as a corporate technology scout. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from MIT. He is also an advisor to BigHat Biosciences.

Experience

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Skroot Laboratory Inc. Current
Founder & President
2026 – Present · Ames, IA
Stick-on sensors and a wireless reader let labs follow cell growth as it happens, with no manual sampling.
BigHat Biosciences Current
Advisor

Sources

  1. SECSkroot Laboratory Inc. Form D, filed Nov 6, 2026
  2. universityIowa State News Service: Skroot Laboratory Inc. spins off from Iowa State research
  3. universityIowa State EDIR impact story: Skroot Laboratory