Bryn Taylor, PhD

Principal Scientist, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

San Diego, California, United States

About

Computational chemist at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine in La Jolla. Loves small molecules and big data. PhD in Biomedical Sciences @ UC San Diego, co-advised by Rob Knight and Rommie E. Amaro, with a focus on the human gut microbiome in health and disease, machine learning, molecular dynamics, Markov-state models, drug-protein interactions, and rational drug discovery. Google scholar link for published work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VDwE1zoAAAAJ&hl

Experience

  • Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Principal Scientist
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Scientist, Computational Chemistry
      Jul 2020 - Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • PhD Candidate at Amaro Lab
    Jun 2015 - Jul 2020 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    amarolab.ucsd.edu

  • PhD Candidate at Knight Lab
    Jun 2015 - Jul 2020 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    knightlab.ucsd.edu

  • Scientific Analyst Intern at Morrison & Foerster LLP
    Jan 2019 - Mar 2019 · 3 mos

  • Research Assistant at UCSD Mayfield Lab
    Jan 2013 - May 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos