Robert DiMario

Robert DiMario has a wealth of experience in the biochemistry field. Robert began their career in 2008 as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the Louisiana State University James V. Moroney Lab. In 2010, they transitioned to a Researcher PHD Student role at the same lab, where they were responsible for detecting the presence of carbonic anhydrase proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana using SDS-Page and Western blotting, determining the subcellular locations of carbonic anhydrases in Arabidopsis using GFP tags, and using a LI-COR LI-6400 gas-exchange system to determine the effects of carbonic anhydrase knock-outs on photosynthesis rates of Arabidopsis. In 2016, they took on a Postdoctoral Fellow role at both the Asaph Cousins Lab at Washington State University and the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE-LSU). In this role, they extracted proteins from plants and purified transgenic plant proteins from Escherichia coli, determined the kinetic properties of photosynthetic enzymes, and generated amino acid substitutions in enzymes using whole-plasmid PCR mutagenesis. In 2022, they began working as a Scientist - Biochemistry at Plantible Foods.

Robert DiMario obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Louisiana State University in 2010, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biology/Biological Sciences, General from the same university in 2016.