Sebastian Rivera

Postdoctoral Researcher, EBRC

Sebastian Rivera is a Science Policy Postdoctoral scholar at the Engineering Biology Research Consortium. Prior to EBRC, he was a NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Fellow at the University of Michigan, where his research focused on identifying and characterizing fungal enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of drug-like molecules. Additionally, he received a certificate in Science, Technology, and Public Policy through the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. His interests lie in policy and security considerations for the responsible development and release of computational tools for designing proteins and other macromolecules for engineering biology. When he isn’t working, Sebastian is rock climbing, playing the latest RPGs, or exploring the local food scene.