Justin received his PhD from Stanford’s Genetics Department in 2016. He has over 10 years of experience working in the field of programmable genome engineering. He was an early adopter of CRISPR technologies and developed the first published CRISPR screen in yeast. In addition to leading research programs and publishing high-impact research papers in this area, he’s been a key innovator of Recombia’s technologies. He is an alum of the Ignite program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Co-Founder
Chief Science & Technology Officer
Management Team
Board of Directors

Justin Smith, PhD

Bob St.Onge, PhD

Lars Steinmetz, PhD

Massimo Merighi, PhD

Christine Puel M’Rini, MD PhD