I think of myself as a generalist life scientist. I have previously done in-lab and computational biology research on a variety of study organisms; a major connecting theme has been to uncover predictable patterns in complex biological systems.
Currently, I am a Research Scientist at SecureBio, leading the organization’s efforts on AI+Biotechnology. Our goals are to measure and mitigate the risks of new pandemics.
Background
- I’m from the United States. I grew up in Pittsburgh and I currently live in Chicago.
- I studied biology at Swarthmore College and then worked for several years as a lab manager and biomedical researcher at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
- I did my PhD at Harvard University, where I studied developmental genetics and the predictability of evolution. More specifically, I used genome modification, computational modeling, high-throughput microscopy, and custom-built lab tools to better understand the mechanisms underlying cell-cell signaling and tissue patterning. I also developed approaches for using natural language processing and computer vision methods to build large composite datasets from the published literature.
- Then I did research as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago, where I used emerging image-based ML/AI tools to tackle problems in quantitative cellular dynamics.
Interests
My go-to hobby is sketching the people and things around me. I like to design my own pop-up cards. I like games: poker, chess, Scrabble, Risk, others. I write Murder Mystery stories that I host for friends; I also write homebrew RPGs. When I can, I play soccer and basketball to re-live the glory days.
Contact
email: seth.donoughe [at] gmail [dot] com
Twitter / X: @seth_donoughe
LinkedIn: here
