Drake Garner

Drake Garner, PhD, currently serves as a Digital Customer Success Manager at Benchling, focusing on building community and enhancing user engagement. Previously, Drake held a role in Scientific Partnerships at Cromatic and an Academic Marketing Program Manager position at Benchling, where strategic engagement initiatives were developed for over 170,000 academic users. A former Curriculum Developer and Consultant at Tynker, Drake created an innovative Python data analysis course for high school students. Experience also includes project management for educational initiatives at Exploring Plants and instructional design at the University of Florida, where a graduate-level biochemistry course was developed. Additionally, Drake has a background in research, coding, and mobile app development, complemented by a PhD in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Florida.