Michael Lazear

Michael Lazear is a Senior Bioinformatics Engineer I at Belharra Therapeutics, where responsibilities include leading software engineering efforts to design and implement data infrastructure for a chemoproteomic screening platform since January 2022. Prior experience includes a Ph.D. from The Scripps Research Institute, where research focused on developing a novel chemoproteomics platform that enables unbiased, proteome-wide profiling of protein-protein interactions, and serving as a Graduate Student in the laboratory of Benjamin Cravatt. Early career experiences include roles as a Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry at Virginia Tech, with significant achievements such as synthesizing unnatural amino acids and characterizing Kynurenine Aminotransferase II. Education includes a Ph.D. in Chemical Biology from Scripps Research and a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Virginia Tech.