KatKin appoints new members to its science team
Lastly, with a MSc in neuroscience, Perry also has more than four years working with fresh pet food brands
Fresh cat food company KatKin has expanded its science team with four new appointments.
The group has appointed Ryan Honaker as research and development director, Jirayu (Boo Boo) Tanprasertsuk as senior scientist, Devon Tate as scientist and LeeAnn Perry as technical product manager.
With more than five years experience at a fresh pet food brand, where he published numerous peer-reviewed papers, Honaker brings extensive science leadership experience to KatKin, where he’ll lead the new team alongside KatKin’s existing team of cat nutritionists.
Meanwhile, Boo Boo holds a PhD in biochemical and molecular nutrition, and has previously held roles at a fresh pet food brand and a leading nutritional science firm. At KatKin he’ll design studies to prove out the benefits of KatKin’s fresh recipes to cat health.
Additionally, Tate will focus on study design and execution, data analysis and creating customer-facing content to support cat owners in choosing the “healthiest food possible for their cats”.
Lastly, with a MSc in neuroscience, Perry also has more than four years working with fresh pet food brands. At KatKin her focus will be on personalised, science-backed digital product development, data science and coding.
Honaker said: “In a world where many vets are crying out for more feline nutrition education, and cat parents are ever-more curious about how to keep their cats healthy, KatKin’s commitment to science has one aim: to get cats the healthy, fresh food they were born to eat.
“KatKin is now in the perfect position to change the way cats eat. With in-house vets, cat nutrition experts and now our science team in place, our cat-first team is perfectly placed to make the UK’s healthiest cat food. And that means happier, healthier cats – first across the UK, and then across the world.”
