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Keith Robison

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Automation Visioneer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Keith Robison is an Automation Visioneer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. , where he focuses on identifying market opportunities for automation solutions in NGS. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is known for his brilliant and pleasant approaches in computational biology.

He maintains a blog, "Omics! Omics! ", offering commentary on genomics and biotech. He has also contributed to the launch of Ginkgo Biosecurity.

Keith is an advisory board member for Medical & Molecular Sciences at the University of Delaware, his undergraduate alma mater.

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Experience
35 Years
Current Role
Automation Visioneer
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Computational Biology
With a PhD from Harvard and extensive experience, Keith is a leading expert in applying computational methods to biological and chemical problems, particularly in synthetic biology.
Laboratory Automation
As an Automation Visioneer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Keith focuses on developing and implementing automation solutions, including large-scale autonomous lab installations like "Nebula".
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Work history

9-2025
Automation Visioneer
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
3-2021
Advisory Board Member, Medical & Molecular Sciences
University of Delaware
2-2019 - 9-2025
Principal Scientist
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
12-2017 - 6-2025
SAB Member
Day Zero Diagnostics, Inc
9-2011 - 1-2019
Principal Scientist
Warp Drive Bio
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Education
8-1991 - 4-1997
PhD
Harvard University
8-1987 - 8-1991
B.S.
University of Delaware
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