Alisha Holloway is the Chief Scientific Officer at Phylos where she leads the R&D group that focuses on foundational genomic research, development of high-throughput genetic and chemical testing capabilities, discovery of genetic markers, and the development of new cannabis varieties via classical and marker assisted breeding. Alisha received a PhD in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds an assistant professor appointment at UCSF, and was the founding director of the Gladstone Institutes Bioinformatics Core Facility.