Tom Evans

Tom joined New England Biolabs in 1997 as a postdoc, after completing his Ph.D. work at the University of Minnesota. As Executive Director of Research, Tom maintains an academically modeled department whose primary focus is to generate publication-worthy findings. These findings impact and augment the development of NEB reagents and workflows for molecular biology applications. In this role, he encourages both internal and external research collaborations, and works closely with NEB production, marketing, business development and applications and product development leaders to institute plans for new and existing products. Tom’s research currently focuses on enzymes and technologies involved in DNA repair and replication, with an emphasis on using these insights to create better tools and reagents for molecular biology and nucleic acid reading and writing workflows.