Focused on the Future
Founder Rodolphe Barrangou reflects on his journey from an NC State graduate student to a world-renowned scientist.
On a brisk day almost 28 years ago, a graduate student from Paris, France, strode out of the terminal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He took in the blue sky and smelled a whiff of pine in the air.
Rodolphe Barrangou, now a world-renowned scientist, serial entrepreneur and 2025 CALS Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, uses a decidedly un-scientific word for what he felt that day: a vibe.
“It was a moment where time stops for a second, and it just feels right,” Barrangou says. “You have a sense of being home when you’ve never been there. You can’t explain it, but it’s that sense of belonging.”
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