Tessa Alexanian
Technical Lead, Common Mechanism at International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS)
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolTessa Alexanian is a technical lead and software engineer with 11 years of experience building automation and biosecurity tools that bridge robotics, software, and life sciences. Currently leading the open-source Common Mechanism for DNA synthesis screening at IBBIS, she combines hands-on lab automation experience from Zymergen with policy and community-focused roles in biosecurity. Her background spans robot UIs, cloud-connected lab protocols, and practical bioinformatics pipelines, giving her a rare perspective on both the technical and governance sides of biotech risk. She cares deeply about incentives, metrics, and inclusive community-building to steer biotechnology toward safer futures—and is known to ask collaborators to remind her how they met, which speaks to a pragmatic, relationship-focused approach.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) at University of Waterloo
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (57)
dna-sequences10
tcp9
form-fields9
sql-server9
socket9
bioinformatics8
opc8
opc-ua8
heist8
lgpl7
conda7
exposure-notification7
python7
pressure7
react7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
catalystbiosummit/catalystbiosummit.github.io
Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
Minimalist website for the Catalyst Collaborative Biosecurity Summit
Contributions:26 PRs, 78 pushes, 28 branches in 2 years
biosecurityminimalistsummitcollaborativecatalyst
alexanian/airtable-last-updated-hack
Apr 2018 - Sep 2020
Scripts using the Airtable API to allow a "last updated" field
Contributions:13 commits, 8 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 6 months
airtable
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