Laura E. Niklason is the founder of Legacy Humacyte. Dr. Niklason has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board since August 2021, and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Legacy Humacyte since November 2020 and as a member of the Legacy Humacyte board of directors since 2004. Dr. Niklason has served in a senior scientist capacity at the Company from 2005 through 2020. Dr. Niklason has served as an adjunct professor at Yale University since November 2020 and previously served as the Nicholas M. Greene Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University from 2006 to November 2020. She was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in 2014 and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 and 2020, respectively. Dr. Niklason holds a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Chicago and an M.D. from the University of Michigan. Dr. Niklason completed her residency training in anesthesia and intensive care unit medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and completed post-doctoral scientific training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Niklason is married to Mr. Dougan, a member of the Board. We believe that Dr. Niklason is qualified to serve as a director based on her significant experience in the biotechnology industry, her extensive training in medicine and science and her role as the founder of Legacy Humacyte.