Philip Merksamer

Philip Merksamer currently serves as VP of Commercial Transactions & Business Development at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., where responsibilities include managing complex collaborations, licenses, and strategic acquisitions by leveraging a background in life sciences law and cell biology. Prior experience includes serving as Associate in Life Sciences Corporate Partnering and Licensing at Cooley LLP and various summer associate roles at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Philip began a scientific career as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The J. David Gladstone Institutes. Educational qualifications include a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, a PhD in Cell Biology from the University of California, San Francisco, and a BS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.