Yasamin Jodat

Senior Automation Engineer

Hometown:

Boston, MA

Education:

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Bioengineering
I began my doctoral studies at Stevens Institute of Technology and, after two years, transitioned to Harvard Medical School to conduct my dissertation research.

Previous Experience:

Previously at Ginkgo Bioworks, I built two multi million dollar robotic systems for performing mammalian cell engineering R&D operations for the Biopharma Foundry. I also founded and led the Automation Applications team to scale up and automate scientific lab workflows across Ginkgo.
In addition to my role at Ginkgo, I was a member of Harvard Aging Consortium and contributed to the Biolearn GitHub repository, an open-source resource dedicated to the evaluation and validation of biomarkers of aging and research in longevity.