Founding Scientist

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Dr. Michael Levin

Lead Scientist & Co-Founder

Dr. Michael Levin is the Scientific Co-Founder at Astonishing Labs, he also serves as the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology at Tufts University, and additionally he serves as Associate Faculty at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. Dr. Levin is also the Director of the Allen Discovery Center, and Director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology.

Dr. Levin has dual degrees in Biology and Computer Science and received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Harvard University,

Dr. Levin’s laboratory studies the computational decisions that biological systems make to establish a place in and adapt to their environment. Through his research, he has explored the inherent ability of biological systems to process information, and their capacity for plasticity at all levels – from the population to the organism to the organs, cells, and molecular pathways with them.

Co-Founders

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Jess Mah

Founding Board Member

Jess studied computer science at U.C. Berkeley and has been featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine, as well as on the Forbes 30 Under 30, Inc. 30 Under 30, and Fast Magazine Most Creative Business Leaders lists.

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