George Church

Dr. George Church published the first direct genomic sequencing method in 1984 and is known as the “father” of synthetic biology and personalized genomics. Dr. Church has received various accolades, which include election to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of the American Society for Microbiology Promega Biotechnology Research Award. His most cited work has been published in peer reviewed scientific journals including PNAS, Nature Genetics, Nature Biotechnology, Science, the Journal of Molecular Biology, Nature, and many others.