Michael Leonard
Synthetic Biologist (Scientist I) at Asimov
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Leonard is a synthetic biologist with 13 years of cross-disciplinary experience engineering programmable biology across microbes, algae, mice, and human cells. Currently at Asimov, he focuses on viral vectors, antibodies, and maintaining highly curated, structured data to drive reproducible, data-driven decisions. His work at Caltech and UCLA combined large-scale wet-lab assays (including lentiviral libraries and CAR/TCR engineering) with deep bioinformatics and NGS pipelines, enabling antigen discovery platforms and transcriptome-wide analyses. Trained through BSL3 and animal work, he pairs rigorous lab SOPs and ELN practices with software skills in Python, R, C/C++ and experience in digital/analog engineering. Not obviously stated on his resume, he blends creative problem-solving from improv training with a software-minded approach to biology—treating biological systems as programmable substrates.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Microbiology & Cell Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Microbiology & Cell Science at University of FloridaMaster of Science (M.S.), Biochemistry, Molecular And Structural Biology, Master of Science (M.S.), Biochemistry, Molecular And Structural Biology at University of California, Los AngelesUpright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Los AngelesGithub contributions (5)
michaeltleonard/MinecraftHexLand
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches in 7 days
pmarq003/avengers
Feb 2013 - Apr 2013
Contributions:66 commits in 1 month
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