Tim Dobbs
Data Architect
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Dobbs is a data architect and biotech-focused engineer with 10 years of experience designing scalable processes, products, and data pipelines that bridge biology, hardware, and software. He has led process development and scale-up efforts in industrial fermentation and downstream processing, built plant automation and data acquisition systems, and shipped production-ready analytics at companies like Amyris and Solazyme. As a founder and creator (BioArtBot, a hands-on science-communication and automation project) he blends community-led education with practical lab robotics, and has run workshops introducing synthetic biology automation to diverse learners. Tim pairs chemical engineering fundamentals with software and hardware fluency—he writes PLC and web apps, engineers robotic lab tools, and edits longform audio—making him effective at translating between lab scientists, engineers, and stakeholders. Based in San Francisco and currently at BioMADE, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a curious, multidisciplinary approach to solving hard biotech problems.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Life Sciences, Master of Science - MS Life Sciences at Université Paris CitéB.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Chemical Engineering at University of ConnecticutNational University of Singapore
Github Skills (58)
readable9
internet-radio8
browser-api8
ieee7
audio7
podcast7
api7
music7
python7
streaming6
mojo6
python-client6
robot6
wave6
msr6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
BioArtBot/hardware_adapters
Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
iGem Marburg 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 7 pushes in 3 months
igemmsrhardwareieee
tsdobbs/opentronsfastapi
Apr 2021 - Apr 2023
Job queueing system for robots and robot networks
Contributions:9 PRs, 10 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years
jobqueueingrobotsrobot
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