The following are select highlights from my Curriculum Vitae.
To see the full version of my CV, please see here: Jacob L. Steenwyk's CV (last updated Sept 2025)

Academic Appointments

Since 2023 — Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awardee, Life Sciences Research Foundation
Since 2022 — Postdoctoral Scholar, Laboratory of Dr. Nicole King, Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Since 2022 — Berkeley Science Fellow, Berkeley Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program, University of California, Berkeley

Other Positions

Since 2026 — Scientific Consultant, Sift Biosciences, San Carlos, CA
Since 2025 — Scientific Consultant, Anthropic PBC, San Francisco, CA
2025-2026 — Scientific Consultant, Edison Scientific Inc., San Francisco, CA
2024-2025 — Scientific Consultant, FutureHouse Inc., San Francisco, CA
2024-2025 — Bioinformatics Visiting Scholar, MantleBio Inc., San Francisco, CA
2022-2023 — Scientific Consultant, Latch AI Inc., San Francisco, CA

Advisory Positions

Since 2023 — Advisor, ForensisGroup Inc.
2022-2023 — Scientific Advisor, WittGen Biotechnologies, CA

Education

2022 — Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2016 — M.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2015 — B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Select Awards (2024 - present)

2025 — Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium, Genomics Institute of the University of California, Santa Cruz
2024 — Frequency Bio Cohort 10 Member, Pillar Venture Capital
2024 — Trailblazers of Tomorrow National Postdoctoral Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin
2024 — Englund Emerging Scholar Award, Department of Biological Chemistry, John Hopkins Medicine

Select Invited Talks (2024 - present)

2025 — The International Choanoflagellates & Friends Meeting, Institut Pasteur, France
2025 — Next Wave of Faculty in Genomics Symposium, The University of California, Santa Cruz, Genomics Institute
2025 — DNA Sequences as Type, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
2025 — Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of California, San Francisco
2024 — Bioinformatics Group, Utrecht University, Netherlands
2024 — Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Netherlands
2024 — Evolutionary Rate covariation and Related Methods Workshop, Oregon State University and Colorado State University
2024 — Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology Graduate Program, the University of California, Los Angeles
2024 — Southern California Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics Meeting, Caltech and the University of Southern California, Caltech
2024 — Postdoc Research Showcase, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley
2024 — Trailblazers of Tomorrow National Postdoctoral Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, TX
2024 — Department of Biological Chemistry, John Hopkins Medicine, MD
2024 — 32st Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA

Select Service (2024 - present)

2025-Pres. — Mentor, Life Sciences Research Foundation
2025-Pres. — Member, Special Purpose Committee, International Mycological Congress
2024-Pres. — Member, Conferences Committee, Genetics Society of America
2023-Pres. — Chair of Alumni Affairs, The Evolutionary Studies Initiative at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2020-2025 — Founder and Chief Officer, SciArt with Purpose
2023-2025 — Mentor, Alumni Mentorship Program Early Career Mentorship Program, Genetics Society of America
2023-2025 — Project Partner, Data Science Discovery Program, University of California, Berkeley