Cameron Roots

Cameron Roots is pursuing a doctoral degree in biochemistry at The University of Texas at Austin. His research explores how confounding factors impact microbial growth and looks to improve gene expression predictions in engineered and evolved biological systems. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington and researched as a postbaccalaureate fellow at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in Bethesda, MD. Roots sees synthetic biology as a powerful tool for innovation and wants to promote prompt implementation of new biotechnologies in a way that is safe, sustainable, and effective.