Alexander Titus
Alexander Titus is an External Fellow with ICSI. Titus is a technologist working at the intersection of machine learning, bioinformatics, and software engineering, focused specifically on understanding the paradigms of life in biological systems using modern computing tools. His work ranges from developing new algorithms to study fundamental biology to understanding the functional relationship between biotechnology and new product development. Outside of research, he is the founder of Bioeconomy.XYZ, a publication focused on making the bioeconomy more accessible to the general public, and he is also the former principal director for biotechnology within the office of the CTO at the Department of Defense, where he led the team developing the enterprise biotechnology modernization strategy for the DoD. Titus holds a PhD in Machine Learning and Genomics from Dartmouth College, as well as bachelor’s degrees in biology and biochemistry from the University of Puget Sound.