Jacob Steenwyk🧬
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awardee of the Life Sciences Research Foundation
Berkeley, California, United States
Career path.
AnthropicScientific Consultant
Dec 2025 - Present- Evomics workshops
Director, Phylogenomics and Evolutionary Genomics Workshop
Jun 2025 - Present - TechBio Transformers
Regional Lead - East bay
Sep 2024 - Present - Life Sciences Research Foundation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awardee
Aug 2023 - Present - UC Berkeley
Berkeley Science Fellow
Dec 2022 - Present - UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Associate
Sep 2022 - Present - Sift Biosciences
Scientific Consultant
Feb 2026 - May 2026 - Edison Scientific
Scientific Consultant
Nov 2025 - Feb 2026 - FutureHouse
Scientific Consultant
Nov 2024 - Nov 2025 - MantleBio
Visiting Bioinformatics Scholar
Nov 2024 - Mar 2025 - WittGen Biotechnologies
Scientific Advisor
Dec 2022 - May 2023 - LatchBio
Scientific Consultant
Feb 2022 - Apr 2023 - Vanderbilt University
HHMI James H. Gilliam Predoctoral Fellow
Sep 2019 - Sep 2022 - Vanderbilt University
Graduate Student Researcher
May 2016 - Apr 2022 - Clark University
Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Biostatistics
Jan 2016 - May 2016 - Clark University
Genome-wide Methylation Study
Aug 2014 - May 2016 - Clark University
Genomic Variation in Fungal Species
Aug 2014 - Jun 2016 - University of Southern California
Bridging the Gaps Summer Research Scholar
Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 - Clark University
Director of Administration
May 2014 - May 2015 - University of Southern California
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) Blogger
Mar 2014 - Jan 2015 - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (NREMT-B)
Nov 2013 - Oct 2015 - Clark University
Secretary
May 2013 - May 2014 - University of Southern California
Center for Dark Energy Biospheres (C-DEBI) Global Environmental Microbiology (GEM) Scholar
May 2013 - Aug 2013 - Clark University
Research Assistant
Sep 2011 - May 2013