Max Schubert
Scientist at Light and Carbon Research LLC
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolMax Schubert is a scientist with eight years of experience at the intersection of microbiology, synthetic biology, and sustainability, focused on engineering photosynthetic microbes for applications in energy, resources, and health. He holds a PhD from Harvard Medical School and has driven technology development from academia to industry—most recently leading platform development for directed evolution at Pioneer Labs and consulting on climate and synthetic biology initiatives. His work blends wet-lab innovation and computational methods, with a recurring emphasis on rapid growth in cyanobacteria and genetic tool development for fast-growing photosynthetic strains. Max has a track record of spinning research into practical platforms, advising startups and foundations while pursuing independent wet-lab projects, signaling both entrepreneurial drive and deep technical breadth. An uncommon thread in his career is sustained focus on speed: accelerating organismal growth and experimental timelines to unlock scalable bioengineering solutions.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Microbial Biology and Molecular Environmental Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Microbial Biology and Molecular Environmental Biology at University of California, BerkeleyPh.D Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School
Github Skills (4)
genome2
genomics1
bioinformatics1
computational-biology1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
churchlab/rlr
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
Contributions:82 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Pioneer-Research-Labs/BioBloom_preprint
Jan 2026 - Jan 2026
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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