Alexander P. Tikhonov

Alexander P. Tikhonov has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Alexander P. started their career as a Graduate Research Assistant at Purdue University, where they focused on studying the structural organization of chromatin domains in plant genomes. Alexander P. also examined the structures and functions of genes and various types of DNA and RNA elements.

After their time at Purdue, Tikhonov worked as a Research Associate Scientist, where they designed and compared hammerhead ribozymes and generated transgenic plants to analyze the effects of ribozyme modifications on activity.

Alexander P. then joined CuraGen Corporation as a Research Scientist and Project Coordinator, conducting collaborative research on gene expression analysis and coordinating projects on heterosis, disease resistance, and other topics.

Tikhonov later held roles at Protometrix, Inc. and Life Technologies Corporation, where they focused on high-throughput cloning and sequence verification of the human ORFeome clone collection, as well as directing the molecular biology and sequence analysis efforts on the development of human ProtoArray content.

Alexander P. then worked at Arbor Fuel Inc as a Senior Scientist, leading projects on metabolic engineering of yeast strains for butanol production as an alternative fuel.

Tikhonov also had experience as a Staff Scientist at Ion Torrent by Life Technologies, where they conducted projects to improve next-generation sequencing approaches and developed new methodologies.

In their most recent roles at Azitra, Inc., Tikhonov led the engineering and characterization of recombinant strains of commensal bacteria for skin disorders and presented at conferences and webinars to maintain their scientific expertise.

Throughout their career, Tikhonov has also worked independently as a Consultant, providing expertise in next-generation sequencing, genomics, proteomics, and clinical study analysis.

In summary, Alexander P. Tikhonov has gained a wide range of experience in molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology through their work at various companies and as an independent consultant.

Alexander P. Tikhonov completed their B.S./M.S. degree in Biology, with a minor in Chemistry, from Kuban State University in Krasnodar, Russia, between the years 1976 and 1985. Alexander P. then pursued an M.S. degree in Genetic Engineering from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) in 1985-1986. Building on their previous education, Tikhonov went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genomics from Purdue University, graduating between 1994 and 1999.