Russell Komor
Protein Engineering, Enzyme Discovery, Structural Biology
- Role
- Director at Cellibre
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Russell Komor
Over six years of industrial protein engineering, enzyme discovery, molecular cloning, and synthetic biology experience working at Synthetic Genomics, Inc. As the sole protein engineer at SGI, worked on myriad projects across the company. Experience expressing, characterizing, and functionalizing all major classes of proteins including two years working with CRISPR-Cas systems. Supervised and mentored several research associates and scientists.Over five years applying chemical engineering principles in a laboratory research setting with Nobel laureate Dr. Frances Arnold. Applied various protein engineering techniques to industrially relevant enzymes. Participated in cross-functional teams including serving one year as team lead.Specialties: Protein engineering, structural modeling, chemical kinetics, directed evolution, molecular cloning, and crystallography.
Experience
Director
Jul 2019 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Director of biochemistry and protein engineering
Education
Caltech
Master of Science - MS, Chemical Engineering
2006 — 2008
Caltech
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Engineering
2006 — 2011
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering
2002 — 2006
Skills
- Protein Engineering
- Molecular Cloning
- Crystallography
- Directed Evolution
- Reaction Kinetics
- Molecular Biology
- Protein Purification
- Protein Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Metabolic Engineering
- Protein Expression
- Cell Culture
- Laboratory
- High Throughput Screening
- Enzymes
- Life Sciences
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