Sebastian Palluk

Sebastian received a Bachelor's degree in Biology and a Master's degree in Biomolecular Engineering from Darmstadt University of Technology. His Master's thesis research was a computational investigation of the compatibility of Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase (TdT) with reversible Terminator Nucleotides (RTdNTPs) for de novo DNA synthesis. During his PhD work, Sebastian joined Lawrence Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute in 2015, where he teamed up with Dan to develop the first demonstration of a practical enzymatic de novo DNA synthesis method, reported in Nature Biotechnology.