Taylor Smith

Taylor Smith, MSc, is a skilled professional serving as a Field Application Specialist at Eppendorf Group since March 2022, focusing on technical leadership for automation in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions while collaborating with instrument sales specialists for technical support. Prior experience includes working as a Clinical Laboratory Technologist-NGS at the Georgia Department of Public Health, where responsibilities involved performing the Illumina COVIDSeq assay and generating sequencing reports for variant surveillance. As President of the Black Graduate Student Association, Taylor Smith developed professional development programs and managed an executive board, while earlier recruitment efforts for Emory University's Laney Graduate School emphasized diversity and inclusion. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory University and a Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences from Tuskegee University.