I am an entrepreneurial scientist who has conducted and commercialized basic research, co-founded and run the business development of a small device start-up, helped lead the Entrepreneur and Innovation Initiative for Duke University, and co-founded a charity event.
I am currently the Lead Scientist for the Lead Program at Synlogic Therapeutics. At Synlogic we are merging the advancements made in the fields of synthetic biology and host/microbiome interactions to engineer bacteria with specific pharmacological functions to treat metabolic disease from within the human gut. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Silver Lab split between the Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. I have earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, and a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Bioengineering at Penn State University.
Please follow the links above for up to date examples of my work.
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RT @synlogic_tx: We had a couple of four-legged guests bring a little bit of stress relief at #Synlogic today! #Microbiome #UCD #PKU https://t.co/kfD5tP1rOy
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RT @synlogic_tx: Congrats to Lead Synthetic Biologist @Dr_Quest12, 2nd author on a new @NatureComms paper https://t.co/isTgf2YCy9
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Really enjoying the workshops and networking opportunities in addition to the great talks @SynBioBeta #SBBSF15
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RT @SynBioBeta: "Getting cloning out of our lives once and for all" will help tremendously in #synbio innovation - @jaykeasling #SBBSF15