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Katie Clowers

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Director, Organism Engineering at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Katie Clowers is the Director of Organism Engineering at Ginkgo Bioworks, where she leads teams engineering microbes to solve complex biotechnological problems. A Ph. D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she has deep expertise in genomics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics.

She was awarded the Vilas Conference Presentation Award to present her research at the Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Director, Organism Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Organism Engineering
As a Director at Ginkgo Bioworks, her primary focus is leading teams that engineer microbes for biotechnological applications.
Yeast Genomics
Her doctoral and postdoctoral research centered on the quantitative and population genomics of yeast, particularly in response to stress.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Director, Organism Engineering
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
9-2022 - 1-2025
Senior Organism Engineer 2, Associate Program Director
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
7-2020 - 9-2022
Senior Organism Engineer, Program Lead
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
9-2015 - 2-2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School
8-2010 - 12-2010
Teaching Assistant: Genetics 466
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Education
2009 - 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Kansas State University
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