Primary Job Title CEO, CTO and Founder Primary Organization Harton
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
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For more than 15 years, Richard Terry has led cross-functional teams in the development of innovative and novel technologies. His unique background in aerospace engineering, physics and biochemistry is a testament to his ability to transcend barriers and bring together a diverse set of resources to achieve the impossible. Richard’s research
interests include applying systems-level engineering to biological challenges, and he is a prominent expert in synthetic biology. Prior to launching ReadCoor, Richard was Lead Senior Staff Scientist at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. At the Wyss, he supported advancements in reading, writing and editing nucleic acid, better known as nucleic acid sequencing, gene synthesis, and gene editing. Richard was one of the institute’s first hires and joined the founding team before the research center opened its doors. He built and transformed the Synthetic Biology group from its earliest form into the world-renowned Translational Synthetic Biology group that it is today. A sample of the tools developed by the Synthetic Biology group under his charge includes Ultra-Long DNAs, Next Gen Sequencing, Nanopore Sequencing, Multiplexed Automated Genome Engineering (MAGE), Programmable DNA Nanotherapeutic Robotic Device, CRISPR, TALEN, Zinc Finger, CADnano, SeqTag, Data Encoding and Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA.
