Russell Monds

Russell Monds has a diverse work experience in the field of molecular biology and genetics. Russell currently holds the position of Senior Director of Molecular Biology at Generation Bio, a company focused on developing genetic medicines. Prior to this, they served as the Director and Associate Director of Molecular Biology at the same company. In their roles at Generation Bio, Russell oversaw the molecular biology aspects of platform development, with a focus on their closed-ended DNA (ceDNA) technology.

Before joining Generation Bio, Russell worked at Synthetic Genomics as a Senior Scientist. Russell led a team in the discovery and development of novel genome editing technology and also served as the team lead for Metabolic Engineering within the Bio-based Chemicals program. During their tenure at Synthetic Genomics, they achieved significant milestones such as delivering high-performing strains operational at scale and achieving 200g/L at 100L scale for a key pathway intermediate.

Prior to Synthetic Genomics, Russell was associated with Stanford University as an Associate Research Scholar and a BioX Senior Fellow. During this time, their research focused on the evolution of regulatory networks and the adaptive value of cell shape. Their work was published in prestigious journals such as PloS Genetics, Cell Reports, and PNAS.

Russell Monds started their career as a Research Associate at Crop & Food Research in New Zealand. Russell contributed to various scientific programs, including QTL mapping of fungal resistance in peas, phylogenetic analysis of fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum, and the development of diagnostic assays for dsRNA viruses.

Overall, Russell Monds has extensive experience in molecular biology, genetics, genome editing, and metabolic engineering, with a strong track record of accomplishments and research publications.

Russell Monds received their Bachelor of Science degree in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Canterbury in 1997. Russell continued their studies at the same university and completed their Master of Science degree in Bacterial Genetics in 2000. Russell then pursued their Ph.D. in Microbiology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth from 2002 to 2008.