Randy Lacey

Randy Lacey has extensive work experience in the scientific research field. From October 2016 to June 2018, they served as an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, where they focused on engineering whole cell biosensors for detecting environmental contaminants. During this time, they successfully designed a copper and gold biosensor and published their findings.

From June 2018 to January 2022, Randy worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. In this role, their research primarily involved studying and developing tools to combat environmental microbial plant pathogens, specifically focusing on Phytophthora agathidicida and Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (PSA).

In January 2022, Randy joined Inscripta, Inc. as a Senior Scientist in Applications Development. Here, they played a key role in designing and executing projects to demonstrate the capabilities of the company's CRISPR-based protein and genome engineering platform. Additionally, they served as a technical advisor to customers and stakeholders.

As of February 2023, Randy is currently employed at InDevR, Inc. as an Application Scientist I, although specific details about their responsibilities in this position are not provided.

Randy Lacey pursued their education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2009 to 2016. During this period, they completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.