Beth Montelone is the Vice President for Research as well as the project director of the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Initiative , and Kevin Mills is the president and CEO of Ad Astra BIO. Later today, Montelone and Mills will head the ribbon cutting on new biotechnical teaching labs at K-State. These new labs will be geared towards teaching students the skills needed to tackle complex human problems, such as vaccine development and anti-microbial resistance.