Peyton Kolovani / Sunday, October 19, 2025 / Categories: Session D: Inclusive Beauty Daphne Benderly, Ph.D. Presperse Corp. Daphne Benderly, PhD is Director of R&D at Presperse. In this role, she oversees scouting and evaluation of new, innovative ingredients and guides a talented formulation group. Daphne has over 30 years of experience in materials engineering, with a background in various industries such as personal care, automotive, consumer goods and telecom. Daphne has published journal articles and has presented at multiple industry conferences. She received her doctorate in Materials Engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, MS in Macromolecular Science from Case Western and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Print 0