Arcadia is a team of mission-driven optimists

<div><b>A Bit About Us:</b></div><div>We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Opportunity:</b></div><div>Arcadia is always looking for smart, driven people to level us up. If you believe you have a game-changing skillset or perspective that can augment our mission, challenge our assumptions, or accelerate our progress, we are interested in hearing from you. Pitch us your idea for a role at Arcadia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>For insight into what we are looking for, read more about our<span style="font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" style="font-size: 11pt;" href="http://www.arcadiascience.com">mission</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" style="font-size: 11pt;" href="http://research.arcadiascience.com">science</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, and </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" style="font-size: 11pt;" href="https://www.arcadiascience.com/blog/operating-principles">operating principles</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b>Education/Experience:</b></div><div>We are open to a wide array of backgrounds that could contribute to our mission at Arcadia. We are looking for candidates who have demonstrable expertise in their fields who we can learn something new from. Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience in their field, concrete examples of work, and relevant references. We are excited about candidates who are values-driven leaders in their respective domains.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Submission Process:</b></div><div>Interested individuals should send a resume and a one-page cover letter delineating how they would raise the bar at Arcadia. In the cover letter, include a succinct proposed job description that we should consider. Arcadia has a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site and can articulate how their skills and goals align with Arcadia’s mission.</div><div><br></div><div>Arcadia Science is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds and communities. We provide competitive compensation and practical benefits to keep you happy and healthy so that you can do your best work.</div><div><br></div><div>Please note that an offer of employment from Arcadia is contingent upon the successful clearance of a reference and background check.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Disclaimer: </b>This opening is not a part of any dedicated search process. Therefore, candidates should not expected to be contacted unless their application fits clear needs at this time. If candidates have not received any response within 30 days, they should consider their application unsuccessful at this time. Thank you for understanding. Please feel free to re-apply in the future.&nbsp;</div>

A Bit About Us:
We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.

The Opportunity:
Arcadia is always looking for smart, driven people to level us up. If you believe you have a game-changing skillset or perspective that can augment our mission, challenge our assumptions, or accelerate our progress, we are interested in hearing from you. Pitch us your idea for a role at Arcadia. 

For insight into what we are looking for, read more about our mission, science, and operating principles.

Education/Experience:
We are open to a wide array of backgrounds that could contribute to our mission at Arcadia. We are looking for candidates who have demonstrable expertise in their fields who we can learn something new from. Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience in their field, concrete examples of work, and relevant references. We are excited about candidates who are values-driven leaders in their respective domains.

Submission Process:
Interested individuals should send a resume and a one-page cover letter delineating how they would raise the bar at Arcadia. In the cover letter, include a succinct proposed job description that we should consider. Arcadia has a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site and can articulate how their skills and goals align with Arcadia’s mission.

Arcadia Science is an equal opportunity workplace; we welcome people from all backgrounds and communities. We provide competitive compensation and practical benefits to keep you happy and healthy so that you can do your best work.

Please note that an offer of employment from Arcadia is contingent upon the successful clearance of a reference and background check.

Disclaimer: This opening is not a part of any dedicated search process. Therefore, candidates should not expected to be contacted unless their application fits clear needs at this time. If candidates have not received any response within 30 days, they should consider their application unsuccessful at this time. Thank you for understanding. Please feel free to re-apply in the future. 


<div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">A Bit About Us:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">The Opportunity:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are seeking a Project Scientist to join our Discovery Pilot team. The Pilot team aims to quickly identify and validate innovative approaches and biological topics that will allow us new biology to accelerate our basic and translational research.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Discovery Project Scientists will run rapid pilots where the goal is to prototype computational or experimental tools and biological topics to accelerate biological discovery. Discovery Pilots drive the adoption of new technology within Arcadia and may also be a source of IP, licensing, and spin-outs.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Project Scientist will be expected to execute 4–5 pilots per year and should be able to identify key risks and optimize for “failing fast” so that they may pivot quickly between ambitious pursuits. At the end of each pilot, the Scientist will write up and publish their results. The ideal Project Scientist is capable of working independently but prefers to ideate and work as part of a highly collaborative and technically diversified team.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At this time, we're looking for scientists with expertise in computation and data analysis applied to biological questions. However, given the pace and nature this work benefits from an overall nimble, generalist mindset.</span></div>

A Bit About Us:
We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.

The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Project Scientist to join our Discovery Pilot team. The Pilot team aims to quickly identify and validate innovative approaches and biological topics that will allow us new biology to accelerate our basic and translational research.

Discovery Project Scientists will run rapid pilots where the goal is to prototype computational or experimental tools and biological topics to accelerate biological discovery. Discovery Pilots drive the adoption of new technology within Arcadia and may also be a source of IP, licensing, and spin-outs.

The Project Scientist will be expected to execute 4–5 pilots per year and should be able to identify key risks and optimize for “failing fast” so that they may pivot quickly between ambitious pursuits. At the end of each pilot, the Scientist will write up and publish their results. The ideal Project Scientist is capable of working independently but prefers to ideate and work as part of a highly collaborative and technically diversified team. 

At this time, we're looking for scientists with expertise in computation and data analysis applied to biological questions. However, given the pace and nature this work benefits from an overall nimble, generalist mindset.


Discovery Project Scientist, Computation and Analysis

<div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">A Bit About Us:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">The Opportunity:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px;">We are seeking an Evolutionary Biologist with experience in machine learning t</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">o join our Discovery Platform team. Arcadia’s Discovery Platform is inventing new approaches to studying biology with evolution as our guide. Our tools, methods, and frameworks probe the tree of life to identify innovations, novelties, and organisms that accelerate our basic and translational research.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This role will work at the frontier of machine learning and evolutionary biology to push forward Arcadia’s Platform technologies. This position represents a unique opportunity to creatively intersect ML and evolutionary biology in an applied setting with a focus on real-world solutions. The work will have a direct impact on many facets of work at Arcadia and will help shape the structure of our scientific efforts. Enthusiasm for, and participation in, open science is required as we routinely share our findings via our open source Pubs and code/data repositories.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Top candidates will have broad domain expertise in artificial intelligence (machine and/or deep learning), model design, and comparative biology. They will be characterized by their independence, scientific creativity, tenacity, collaborative nature, and ability to draw connections between disparate fields of study. We welcome and encourage candidates with a broad range of expertise to apply.&nbsp;</span></div>

A Bit About Us:
We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.

The Opportunity:
We are seeking an Evolutionary Biologist with experience in machine learning to join our Discovery Platform team. Arcadia’s Discovery Platform is inventing new approaches to studying biology with evolution as our guide. Our tools, methods, and frameworks probe the tree of life to identify innovations, novelties, and organisms that accelerate our basic and translational research.

This role will work at the frontier of machine learning and evolutionary biology to push forward Arcadia’s Platform technologies. This position represents a unique opportunity to creatively intersect ML and evolutionary biology in an applied setting with a focus on real-world solutions. The work will have a direct impact on many facets of work at Arcadia and will help shape the structure of our scientific efforts. Enthusiasm for, and participation in, open science is required as we routinely share our findings via our open source Pubs and code/data repositories.

Top candidates will have broad domain expertise in artificial intelligence (machine and/or deep learning), model design, and comparative biology. They will be characterized by their independence, scientific creativity, tenacity, collaborative nature, and ability to draw connections between disparate fields of study. We welcome and encourage candidates with a broad range of expertise to apply. 


Discovery Scientist, Evolutionary Biology and Machine Learning

<div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">A Bit About Us:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">The Opportunity:</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are seeking a protein design expert to join our Discovery Platform team.&nbsp; Arcadia’s Discovery Platform is inventing new approaches to studying biology with evolution as our guide. Our tools, methods, and frameworks probe the tree of life to identify innovations, novelties, and organisms that accelerate our basic and translational research.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In this role, you’ll join a multi-disciplinary team focused on proteins. You’ll work to independently generate and execute on ideas to improve protein design, apply your ideas to new problems, and functionally evaluate the proteins you design. Your work in this role will help shape our scientific efforts at Arcadia. Enthusiasm for and participation in open science is also required as we routinely share our findings via our open-source Pubs and GitHub.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Our ideal candidate should have deep knowledge of protein biology and hands-on experience related to protein design using biological insights and computational tools. It’s not required, but a major plus if you have in-lab experience, including but not limited to protein purification, biochemical assay development, and high throughput experimental design, to complement your computational expertise. If this sounds like you, please review the responsibilities and requirements below and consider submitting your application.</span></div>

A Bit About Us:
We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms. We expect scientists at Arcadia to openly publish their research in written form as clearly and expediently as possible to accelerate feedback and progress.

The Opportunity:
We are seeking a protein design expert to join our Discovery Platform team.  Arcadia’s Discovery Platform is inventing new approaches to studying biology with evolution as our guide. Our tools, methods, and frameworks probe the tree of life to identify innovations, novelties, and organisms that accelerate our basic and translational research.

In this role, you’ll join a multi-disciplinary team focused on proteins. You’ll work to independently generate and execute on ideas to improve protein design, apply your ideas to new problems, and functionally evaluate the proteins you design. Your work in this role will help shape our scientific efforts at Arcadia. Enthusiasm for and participation in open science is also required as we routinely share our findings via our open-source Pubs and GitHub.

Our ideal candidate should have deep knowledge of protein biology and hands-on experience related to protein design using biological insights and computational tools. It’s not required, but a major plus if you have in-lab experience, including but not limited to protein purification, biochemical assay development, and high throughput experimental design, to complement your computational expertise. If this sounds like you, please review the responsibilities and requirements below and consider submitting your application.


<div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">A Bit About Us:&nbsp;</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size: 11pt;">The Opportunity:</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We are seeking an experienced Protein Biochemist to join a protein-focused team collaborating across the organization. </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" style="font-size: 11pt;" href="https://research.arcadiascience.com/annotation">This team</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> creatively and iteratively implements scientific tools to solve biological research problems, with a particular focus on predicting and testing protein functions.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In this role, you’ll spearhead our efforts in biochemically characterizing proteins. Your core focus will be the expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant proteins and the development and optimization of downstream biochemical assays. Given the diverse array of proteins we work with, including proteins of unknown function, you will also need to spearhead troubleshooting of protein expression and purification workflows. You may also need to develop creative, new assays for discovering new functions. You’ll generally be responsible for providing expert knowledge and decision-making related to protein biology.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Our ideal candidate is a technical expert in protein biochemistry applied across various industrial and research contexts. The candidate should demonstrate a solid understanding of protein structure-function relationships. As the lead experimentalist on our team, you must be able to independently plan and execute projects. </span></div>

A Bit About Us: 

We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced Protein Biochemist to join a protein-focused team collaborating across the organization. This team creatively and iteratively implements scientific tools to solve biological research problems, with a particular focus on predicting and testing protein functions.

In this role, you’ll spearhead our efforts in biochemically characterizing proteins. Your core focus will be the expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant proteins and the development and optimization of downstream biochemical assays. Given the diverse array of proteins we work with, including proteins of unknown function, you will also need to spearhead troubleshooting of protein expression and purification workflows. You may also need to develop creative, new assays for discovering new functions. You’ll generally be responsible for providing expert knowledge and decision-making related to protein biology. 

Our ideal candidate is a technical expert in protein biochemistry applied across various industrial and research contexts. The candidate should demonstrate a solid understanding of protein structure-function relationships. As the lead experimentalist on our team, you must be able to independently plan and execute projects. 


<div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A Bit About Us:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms.</span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Opportunity:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are seeking a Scientist who wants to join our Operations team and help us grow an ambitious, creative science organization by spearheading our scientific communication and technical recruitment efforts. Our ideal candidate has the scientific understanding, through training and direct experience as a scientist, to understand our needs, identify top talent, and explain Arcadia’s unique opportunity. This role will require the candidate to understand and be a part of the communities we are in to develop and present an accurate and compelling message that describes our work. You'll gain hands-on experience partnering directly with our leadership team to innovate on communication and engagement strategies that enable recruitment. This work is critical for enabling our next phase of growth.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re seeking either scientists with at least four years of intensive research training, such as recent PhD graduates or industry professionals who are excited about our mission and willing to contribute in an external-facing capacity. We would also be excited to bring on experienced technical recruiters with a deep understanding of and experience in biology. If you have a passion for increasing operational efficiency through outside-the-box, first-principles thinking in an experimental science organization, we encourage you to apply.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The candidate should also be motivated to leverage cutting-edge digital and automation practices. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is enthusiastic about developing robust external communication programs that support </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="postings-link" style="font-size: 12pt;" href="https://www.arcadiascience.com/about/strategy">Arcadia’s strategy</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.&nbsp;</span></div>

A Bit About Us:
We are Arcadia Science. Arcadia is a science company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to transform evolutionary innovations into real-world solutions by openly developing more efficient, replicable, and sustainable ways to leverage the biology of diverse organisms.

The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Scientist who wants to join our Operations team and help us grow an ambitious, creative science organization by spearheading our scientific communication and technical recruitment efforts. Our ideal candidate has the scientific understanding, through training and direct experience as a scientist, to understand our needs, identify top talent, and explain Arcadia’s unique opportunity. This role will require the candidate to understand and be a part of the communities we are in to develop and present an accurate and compelling message that describes our work. You'll gain hands-on experience partnering directly with our leadership team to innovate on communication and engagement strategies that enable recruitment. This work is critical for enabling our next phase of growth.

We’re seeking either scientists with at least four years of intensive research training, such as recent PhD graduates or industry professionals who are excited about our mission and willing to contribute in an external-facing capacity. We would also be excited to bring on experienced technical recruiters with a deep understanding of and experience in biology. If you have a passion for increasing operational efficiency through outside-the-box, first-principles thinking in an experimental science organization, we encourage you to apply. 

The candidate should also be motivated to leverage cutting-edge digital and automation practices. We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is enthusiastic about developing robust external communication programs that support Arcadia’s strategy. 


Science Operations, Talent and Communications

We have taken the leap to pursue, sustain, and harness biological exploration across the tree of life. Our values show up in what we do, not just what we say.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UYwqrQIAAAAJ&hl=en

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/prachee-avasthi

Prachee is the Co-Founder and CSO. She joined Arcadia from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where she was an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Prachee is also the head of open science at Astera Institute. Her PhD is in Neuroscience from the University of Utah. Prachee’s favorite organisms are single-celled eukaryotes ideal for studying cytoskeletal machines, including ciliates, parasites, and algae.

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/seemay-chou

Seemay is the Co-Founder and CEO. She joins Arcadia from UCSF where she was an Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics. She received a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. Seemay's favorite organisms are parasites of all kinds, especially those crazy venomous blood-feeders.

Jed McCaleb is a Co-Founder and Advisor to the CEO. He is the Founder of the Astera Institute, which is dedicated to improving the process of science. He also co-founded the Stellar Development Foundation and created eDonkey2000, one of the largest file-sharing networks in its time. His favorite organisms are the aliens among us, the octopus.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=CiwSwLwAAAAJ&gmla=AJsN

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/adair-borges

Adair was a Miller Research Fellow at UC Berkeley and she received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from UCSF. Her favorite organisms are vultures (and their microbiome), because of the unique adaptations that make them tolerant to microbial toxins found in decaying food.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iOah-RkAAAAJ&hl=en

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/brae-m-bigge

Brae received her PhD from Dartmouth College. Brae’s favorite organisms are anything with unusual cytoskeletons, especially Archaea.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-braverman222/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/ben-braverman

Ben received a BS in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His favorite organisms are capybaras — their serene attitude is inspiring.

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/keith-cheveralls

Keith received a PhD in Biophysics from UC Berkeley, where he studied chromosome conformation during meiosis in the nematode C. elegans. Prior to joining Arcadia, he was a software engineer at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco. His favorite organism is Pinus lambertiana, the sugar pine, for its graceful crown structure, enormous cones, and prominent role in the montane forests of the Sierra Nevada.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=TfaWz0EAAAAJ

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-donnelly-biotech

https://www.pubpub.org/user/justin-donnelly

Justin did his PhD in Chemistry at Stanford University while also helping rare disease patients identify new treatments for their genetic conditions as a Perlara Cure Guide. His favorite organisms are dolphins, for their playful nature and what they have to teach us about non-human intelligence.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-doran-726286175/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/tori-doran

Tori is part of Trove Biolabs at Arcadia Science. She received her BA in Biology from Clark University. Her favorite emerging research organisms are regenerative marine organisms.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?pli=1&authuser=1&user=R5xp_y4AAAAJ

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-essock-burns-phd-47795319a

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/tara-essock-burns

Tara was previously a Research Associate at the Carnegie Institution for Science with a focus on imaging host-microbe interactions. Tara received her PhD from Duke University in Marine Science and Conservation and was a Postdoc at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her favorite organisms are the Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, and its bioluminescent bacterial partner, Vibrio fischeri, because they continually reveal something new about their symbiosis while they’re under the microscope.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/behnom-farboud-4467953/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/behnom-farboud

Bobby is part of Trove Biolabs at Arcadia Science. He previously was a Scientist with Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UC Berkeley. He received his PhD at UC Davis. Bobby’s current favorite emerging research organism is the emerald green sea slug, E. chlorotica, due to its ability to build structures akin to solar cells from the food it eats!

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WxWOLg0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Before joining, Evan earned his PhD in Biophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago. His favorite organism is the roly-poly (Armadillidium vulgare), which reminds him of playing in his backyard as a child.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PMcAnZEAAAAJ&hl=en

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/ilya-kolb

Ilya previously led the high-throughput screening effort at a biotech company. Before that, he co-managed the GENIE project at HHMI Janelia, working on developing novel molecular tools to study brain activity. He received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Tech. His favorite organism is the Chordodes formosanus, a brain control parasite!

Claire was previously a Research Associate and Animal Technician. Claire received her Master's in Agriculture with an emphasis in Animal Science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Claire's favorite organisms are her rabbits, George and Nova, as they have been her constant companions.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6VY0SXsAAAAJ&hl=en

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/ryan-lane-2

Before joining Arcadia, Ryan was a Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Delft, where he received his PhD in physics and developed methods for high-throughput imaging using correlative light and electron microscopy. His favorite organism is the wheat plant due to its role in cultivating early human civilization, laying the foundation for pizza and that scene in Gladiator that gives him chills.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lGgNSvAAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-dale-macquarrie-bbb89258/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/cameron-macquarrie

Cameron was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He received a PhD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. Cameron's favorite organisms are the amoeboid members of the Chlorarachniophyte group of "green spider" algae.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3DziJHoAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-mcgeever

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/erin-mcgeever

Prior to joining Arcadia, Erin was part of the data sciences team at CZ Biohub. Her favorite organism is Botryllus schlosseri (star tunicate), which has a fascinating life cycle.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=jTqxgPUAAAAJ

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mets-07051b197/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/david-mets

Dave received his PhD from UC Berkeley, where he studied the molecular mechanisms that regulate genomic recombination during gamete production in C. elegans. Prior to joining Arcadia, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF, where he studied genetic and experiential influences on learned songbird vocalizations. He loves all organisms equally!

https://www.pubpub.org/user/edgard-morazan

Edgard received his Master's in Biological Sciences from Dominican University of California. He was previously a graduate researcher, where he gained experience in the field of aging working with in vivo teams. His favorite organisms are a type of plankton called dinoflagellates because many of them are bioluminescent in the ocean.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=D2p0n-8AAAAJ

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/austin-patton

Austin previously studied evolutionary diversification of vertebrates, including salamanders, Anolis lizards, and Tasmanian devils. Austin received his PhD from Washington State University and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. His favorite organisms are lungless salamanders, as they are irresponsibly cute, wildly abundant, and have massive, bloated genomes.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lYAAIg0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/kira-poskanzer

Kira is part of Trove Biolabs at Arcadia Science. She was previously an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF and received her PhD in Neuroscience from UCSF. Her favorite emerging research area is understudied cell types in the brain.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=xoqiehAAAAAJ

https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-reiter-aa8b3462/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/taylor-reiter

Taylor was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Colorado, Anschutz. She received her PhD at UC Davis. Taylor's favorite organisms are all of the microbes we haven't seen or sequenced yet.

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/maryclare-rollins

MaryClare (MC) Rollins is is part of Trove Biolabs at Arcadia Science. Before joining, MC studied the molecular mechanisms of CRISPR complexes at Montana State University. Her favorite emerging research organisms are ticks, but she's also partial to bacteriophages (and their hosts).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wasim-sandhu/

Wasim is a software engineer whose interests lie primarily in bioinformatics and data engineering. He received his BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UC Davis and another BS in Computer Science at Oregon State University shortly after. His favorite organisms are Felis catus because of their agility and carefree attitude.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vpRLYd0AAAAJ&hl=en

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-sandler-1a06b9238

https://www.pubpub.org/user/george-sandler

George received a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Toronto, where he studied the evolution of recombination and sexual reproduction. He then worked as a corn breeder at Bayer Crop Science, managing breeding pipelines and collaborating on implementing novel breeding methods.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lZKP8ecAAAAJ&hl=en

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/sunanda-sharma-2

Sunanda received her PhD from MIT, focusing on designing the organism–environment relationship across scales. Prior to joining Arcadia, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA JPL/Caltech, where she supported the SHERLOC deep UV Raman and fluorescence spectrometer on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. She studied the diversity and detection of possible biosignatures in planetary environments, working with extremophilic archaea and cyanobacteria. Her favorite organisms are (no surprise) "extremophiles," because they force us to question biases and expand the limits of our understanding of life.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/altheastillman/

Althea is part of the Trove Biolabs team at Arcadia. Previously, she worked at a venture capital firm as both an investor partner and company builder. She holds a PhD in Genetics from Yale University. Althea's favorite organism is the octopus, as they truly are aliens among us.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A1cxRLIAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-sun-57740532/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/dennis-a-sun

Dennis received a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley, where he studied the evolution and development of crustaceans. His favorite organisms are parrots and crows — highly intelligent and social birds with incredible learning, mimicry, and memory.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-weiss-939559124/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/emily-weiss

Emily received her PhD in Biological Sciences from UC San Diego. Her favorite organisms are southern sea otters because of their amazing adaptations, such as their extraordinarily dense fur, their use of tools, and their unusually high metabolic rate.

Harper received a BS in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. After a brief interlude as a writer and a classical archaeologist, Harper is back in the lab. Her favorite organisms are pigs due to their high intelligence and tight social bonds — plus, who doesn’t love to wallow in mud?

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=5j0nqU8AAAAJ

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/ryan-york

Ryan York was previously a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University. He received a PhD in Ecology and Evolution from Stanford’s Biology Department. His favorite organisms are dogs, due to their fascinating co-evolution with humans.

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/audrey-bell

Audrey previously ran her own biomedical visualization practice and was the medical illustrator at OUWB School of Medicine. She received her MSc in Medical Art from the University of Dundee. Audrey’s favorite organism is the cottonwood tree, for the particular sound its leaves make in the wind.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-greenough/

Hayley received a BS in Behavioral Neuroscience from Northeastern University. She has spent some time running diagnostics in lab settings, conducting psycholinguistic studies, and working as a data scientist in personalized healthcare. She returns to the lab with a true appreciation for a multidisciplinary team that’s curious about everything. Her favorite organism is the spring peeper, a frog that reminds her of childhood summers.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahlia-haeuser-61518173/

https://www.pubpub.org/user/tahlia-haeuser-2

Tahlia is the Laboratory Operations Lead at Arcadia Science, and she received a BS in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. She's previously worked at other startup companies where she executed a variety of projects, including leading the development and scale-up of plant & microbial strain engineering pipelines, building out and managing research operational infrastructure, overseeing laboratory and facility operations, and project managing facility build-outs. Tahlia's favorite organisms are poison dart frogs — the species Dendrobates leucomelas, otherwise known as the bumblebee poison frog, are stunning!

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C5sjIS8AAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hochstrasser/

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/megan-hochstrasser-2

Megan previously led science communication and outreach at the Innovative Genomics Institute. She received her PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley. Her favorite organisms are ants, gibbons, and dogs, because they're fascinating, athletic, and cute, respectively.

Peter joined Arcadia from Cruise, where he helped scale the deployment of autonomous cars in San Francisco. He has an MBA and Master of Engineering from UC Berkeley. His favorite organism is the beaver for its profound and wide-ranging environmental impacts.

https://research.arcadiascience.com/user/robert-roth

Prior to joining Arcadia, Robert worked as a Publishing Specialist at Scribe Media, a non-traditional book publisher. He received his BA in English (language and linguistics specialization) from the University of Nevada, Reno. Robert’s favorite organism is the mountain lion, Puma concolor, because it has the most common names of any mammal — likely due to it also having the largest historic range of any land mammal found in the Americas.

Prior to Arcadia, Christina worked for over a decade at Plexxikon Inc. and contributed to the success of two marketed drugs, Zelboraf and Pexidartinib. She received her BS in Biology from Cal State East Bay. Christina is intrigued by the Elysia atroviridis sea slugs due to the fact they can decapitate their own heads and regrow their entire bodies — a real life horror movie!

Prior to joining Arcadia, Greg was a Director of Engineering Strategy and Operations at Twitter. He received a BA in Economics from Pomona College. Greg’s favorite organism are dolphins because they are playful, social, and intelligent.

Arcadia is a team of mission-driven optimists

Co-Founders

Prachee Avasthi

Seemay Chou

Jed McCaleb

Scientists

Adair Borges

Brae Bigge

Ben Braverman

Keith Cheveralls

Justin Donnelly

Tori Doran

Tara Essock-Burns

Bobby Farboud

Evan Kiefl

Ilya Kolb

Claire Kwon

Ryan Lane

Cameron MacQuarrie

Erin McGeever

David Mets

Edgard Morazan

Austin Patton

Kira Poskanzer

Taylor Reiter

MaryClare Rollins

Wasim Sandhu

George Sandler

Sunanda Sharma

Althea Stillman

Dennis Sun

Emily Weiss

Harper Wood

Ryan York

Operations

Audrey Bell

Hayley Greenough

Tahlia Haeuser

Megan Hochstrasser

Peter Kohli

Robert Roth

Christina Tantoy

Greg Wright

Open positions

Choose-Your-Own-Adventure

Discovery Project Scientist, Computation and Analysis

Discovery Scientist, Evolutionary Biology and Machine Learning

Discovery Scientist, Protein Designer

Protein Biochemist, Core Technologies

Science Operations, Talent and Communications

Arcadia Science is based in Berkeley, CA.