Michelle Yip

Hallstar

Michelle Yip is the Business Development Manager for Active Naturals at Hallstar, where she leads innovation strategy and global growth for high-performance botanical ingredients. She has over five years of experience in the beauty industry, with a background spanning marketing, synthesis, and sales at Croda Inc., supporting the Sederma actives division.

Michelle holds a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Social Sciences and ACS accreditation, as well as an M.S. in Chemistry with a concentration in Biomedicinal Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. Her cross-functional expertise enables her to bridge scientific innovation with commercial relevance.

At SCC79, Michelle will present “Ubiquitination: A Novel Target for a Universal Anti-Aging Strategy Highlighted by a Ubiquitomics Approach,” exploring how this cellular pathway can inform next-generation anti-aging skincare through systems biology and molecular targeting.