agill6

PhD computational biologist with 10+ years experience leading computational biology R&D at therapeutics, synbio, and diagnostics biotechs, and 2 years consulting on R&D strategy with ClimateBio & AgBio startups. Led multiple projects in novel protein discovery, functional prediction, and engineering, including two patents. Translational R&D leader as a consultant and mentor at the Berkeley SkyDeck startup incubator. Broad domain expertise in evolutionary & functional genomics, ecology, microbial metagenomics, and protein/RNA engineering. Extensive prior teaching & mentorship experience. Recently founded the Bioeconomy Lead Development Lab, a new non-profit devoted to developing open-source translational leads and an inspired technical workforce for emerging bioeconomy solutions.

January 2025