Trishna Saigal

Trishna Saigal is a food product innovator with a strong background in plant-based products. She is passionate about healthy food and making it accessible, inclusive, and equitable. Saigal holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Saigal is a CEO and Founder at Down to Cook, a former Industry Fellow at the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, and an R&D Consultant at New Wave Foods. She was also the Head of Product Development at Ripple Foods, a Process Engineer at Relypsa, and a Product Development Scientist at The Clorox Company. Saigal has also worked as a Graduate Student Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, an Intern at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, a Co-op Engineer at Infineum, and an Intern at TCP Reliable Inc.

Saigal's expertise includes plant-based products, food innovation, chemical engineering, product development, and entrepreneurship. Her interests include making healthy food accessible, inclusive, and equitable.