Tyler Hodges

Tyler joined the Reactive Surfaces team in 2014. Tyler holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis in natural products drug discovery and a Ph.D. in Microbiology. He has been involved in biomolecule discovery and development for the last 15 years from a variety of sources including plants, marine invertebrates, and microorganisms. He has isolated microbes from unique and extreme habitats, including deep-sea vent environments as well as marine cave systems, and analyzed their biomolecule production and molecular biosynthetic pathways. Tyler develops molecular and microbial assays and oversees microbial aspects of antimicrobial coating and in-can preservative development.