John Henske

John Henske has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. John currently holds the position of Senior Scientist II at Inscripta, Inc. starting from June 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Finch Therapeutics Group from August 2017 to May 2022, where they held the roles of Scientist II and Research Scientist. Their responsibilities included research on anaerobic gut fungi and using Next Generation Sequencing to study biomass degradation. John also conducted RNAseq experiments and utilized various analytical techniques.

Before joining Finch Therapeutics Group, John worked as a Graduate Student Researcher at UC Santa Barbara from September 2012 to August 2017. Their research focused on studying the regulation of genes involved in biomass degradation in anaerobic gut fungi, with an aim to develop biotechnological applications for lignocellulosic biofuel. During this time, they gained proficiency in isolating and culturing anaerobic fungi, as well as utilizing next generation sequencing and bioinformatic tools.

Prior to their graduate studies, John served as a Research Assistant at the Biological Surface Engineering and Microfluidics Lab at Northeastern University from July 2010 to January 2012. John also gained research and development experience at GVD Corporation from January 2011 to July 2011.

In addition, John worked as a part of the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing at MIT from January 2010 to June 2010. Their focus was on continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical powders, specifically wet extrusion. John conducted experiments, collaborated with experts, and examined samples using analytical techniques.

Early in their career, John worked at Genzyme as a Manufacturing Technical Support from January 2009 to June 2009.

Overall, John Henske's work experience demonstrates their expertise in scientific research, next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, and biotechnological applications.

John Henske received their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University, where they studied from 2007 to 2012. John then pursued further education and obtained their PhD in Chemical Engineering from UC Santa Barbara, during the period of 2012 to 2017.