Alexander Cooper

Alexander Cooper is an Associate Principal Scientist at Merck, a position held since July 2025. Prior to this role, Alexander served as a Senior Automation & Informatics Engineer at E Tech Group from April 2023 to July 2025 and held various positions at Opentrons, including Senior Automation Specialist and Automation Specialist, from October 2020 to December 2022. Earlier experience includes roles at Curative as an Automation Engineer and Research Associate in R&D Lab Automation from March 2020 to October 2020, and as a PhD Candidate at the University of Southern California from August 2014 to March 2020. Alexander began a career at Senomyx, Inc. as a Research Associate in the Food Science and Technology Department from September 2011 to July 2014. Alexander earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from Swarthmore College between 2007 and 2011.