Summary
Sean Jungbluth is a scientist-founder and technical leader with 11+ years bridging molecular biology, microbiology, and bioinformatics to advance oceanographic research and applied solutions. As Founder/CEO/CTO of BioKEA and former principal at J1ab Consulting, he translates academic rigor from roles at Berkeley Lab, JGI, NOAA, and universities into product-focused teams and services. He leads research and training as an adjunct professor and PI at San Francisco State’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center, deploying interdisciplinary approaches to tackle environmental questions. Sean’s background—PhD in Oceanography and a BS in Bacteriology—pairs deep wet-lab experience with computational fluency (Docker presence under jungbluth), enabling reproducible, scalable analyses. He’s known for fostering collaboration across academia, government, and industry to turn complex ecological data into actionable insight.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Bacteriology, Biology, BS, Bacteriology, Biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD, Oceanography, PhD, Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Spanish, English