You are listening to “She has a PhD” a series of interviews with inspiring women in science. My name is Ana, and my first guest is Doctor Patricia Hurter, or Trisha, as her friends like to call her. Born in South Africa, Patricia came to the US in the 80’s where she graduated from MIT in chemical engineering. Mother of two, passionate about horses and horse-riding, Patricia retired for 6 weeks before taking up the next challenge in her career: being the CEO of Lyndra Therapeutics.