Ben Adler

Phage genome engineering & functional genomics || Building platforms for AI-driven phage design and precision therapeutics || Bringing evolutionary mechanisms into design

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Experience

  • BRAINS Fellow at Speculative Technologies
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Scoping and building a coordinated research program. My program focuses on generative antimicrobials through phage design.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow at Doudna Lab
    Jan 2021 - Mar 2026 · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Graduate Student Researcher at Arkin Lab
    May 2015 - Dec 2020 · 5 yrs 8 mos

  • Graduate Rotation Student Researcher at UC Berkeley, Department of Bioengineering
    Jun 2014 - Apr 2015 · 11 mos

    Rotation 1: Tanja Kortemme Lab (UCSF), Summer 2014 Rotation 2: Adam Arkin Lab (UCB), Fall 2014 Rotation 3: Jay Keasling Lab (UCB, JBEI), Winter 2015 Rotation 4: Nicholas Ingolia Lab (UCB), Spring 2015

  • Silberg Lab (3 yrs)
    • Undergraduate Researcher
      Jun 2011 - May 2014 · 3 yrs

    • Computation and Applied Mathematics Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2011 - May 2012 · 10 mos