Tim Dobbs

Tim Dobbs is a scientist and automation engineer with more than 15 years experience working with biological systems in labs, factories, and kitchens. He has been working in community science since 2017, when he founded BioArtBot at Counter Culture Labs, an Oakland, California-based community science lab emphasizing open access and educational opportunities. In 2021, Dobbs received international recognition for his work on BioArtBot, as a fellow at the Learning Planet Institute in Paris. He has a passion for open-source science, with the goal of empowering the world to "talk" to microbes with automated tools. Dobbs holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Microbiology from the Université de Paris Cité.

August 2023