10 lab automation experts
Liquid handling, high-throughput screening and compound management recur across these lab automation experts, who hold or held automation titles at AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, Takeda, Moderna, Eli Lilly and Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, IQVIA Laboratories, PTC Therapeutics, Roche and Ginkgo Bioworks. Eight hold current automation roles, a useful mix for a lab deciding which workflows to automate first and how to staff the team that runs them.
Professionals to explore
Alyssa Kloysuntia
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director Laboratory Automation · IQVIA Laboratories
At IQVIA Laboratories, Alyssa Kloysuntia has been Associate Director Laboratory Automation since 2024, after Laboratory Automation Engineer Automation Team Lead (2022-2024) and Senior Automation Scientist (2021-2022) there. Alyssa describes specializing in laboratory automation, microbiology and molecular biology and integrating automated workflows, with earlier research roles at Novozymes (2018-2021).
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David Bouck
LinkedInExperience: Head of Automation, Global Biologics · Takeda
Screening automation questions suit David Bouck, Head of Automation, Global Biologics at Takeda since 2023, who was Principal Scientist and Head of Automation, Lead Discovery (2020-2021) and Senior Scientist I and Head of Automation, Lead Discovery (2016-2020) there, plus Head of HTS Core & Operations at Ginkgo Bioworks (2021-2023). In David's own words, the work combines high throughput screening and laboratory automation with cell biology training.
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Emerson Zang
LinkedInExperience: Science and Matrix Lead Lab Automation · Roche
A biologist by training, Emerson Zang has been Science and Matrix Lead Lab Automation at Roche since 2022, after Research Scientist (Enzyme Screening) at Clariant (2014-2022). Emerson describes experience in automated liquid handling, robotics and screening and coordinating biology with hardware and software, a fit for scientists moving into automation.
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Gleb Konotop, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Head of Automation · AbbVie
Gleb Konotop has been Head of Automation at AbbVie since 2019, and describes the role as Global Laboratory Automation Lead and names laboratory process automation, drug development, liquid handling and agentic AI. Gleb was an Automation Specialist at Hamilton Company (2017-2019) and a post-doc Senior Scientist at DKFZ German Cancer Research Center (2011-2017), a fit for global automation coordination questions.
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James Myslik
LinkedInExperience: Former Group Director, Discovery Automation & Compound Management · Bristol Myers Squibb
Two decades of automation titles at Bristol Myers Squibb set James Myslik apart: Group Director, Research IT & Automation (2010-2025), Group Director, Discovery Automation & Compound Management (2009-2010), Director, Discovery Automation (2008-2009) and Associate Director, Discovery Automation (2004-2007). James was also Executive Director of research operations at Arvinas (2022-2025).
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Jesse Mulcahy
LinkedInExperience: Former Genetic Medicine Lab Automation Lead · Eli Lilly and Company
A team of automation engineers who developed, deployed and maintained automation hardware and software is how Jesse Mulcahy describes the time as Director, Head of Automation at Cellino (2023-2025). Jesse was Genetic Medicine Lab Automation Lead at Eli Lilly and Company (2025-2026), Associate Director - Automation Engineering at Ultragenyx (2022-2023), and Principal Automation Engineer (2022) and Senior Automation Engineer (2018-2022) at EMD Serono, Inc.
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Juan Reyes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Innovation and Lab Automation · Moderna
Moderna is where Juan Reyes holds Director, Global Innovation and Lab Automation (since 2026), after Associate Director, Automation Engineer, Clinical Biomaker Laboratory (2022-2026). Juan describes developing automated methods for liquid handling, media formulation and dispensing, and was Lead Automation Engineer at Exosome Diagnostics (2021-2022) and Senior Software Engineer at Protedyne (2014-2021).
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Kristen Tran
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Automation · Ginkgo Bioworks
Kristen Tran was Head of Automation (2020-2023) and Head of Automation Strategy (2023-2025) at Ginkgo Bioworks, after Senior Automation Engineer II there (2015-2020), and has been Workcell Lead at Lila Sciences since 2025. Kristen describes working with bench scientists and process engineers to write system specifications and implement automation for scale, data quality and traceability.
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Robert Ray
LinkedInExperience: Director, Laboratory Automation & Robotics · Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Director, Laboratory Automation & Robotics at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine since 2022, Robert Ray was Associate Director, Laboratory Automation there (2019-2022). Robert lists laboratory automation and automated liquid handling as specialties and held Global Automation Manager - HID at Thermo Fisher Scientific (2017-2019) and Automation Applications Engineer at Hamilton Company (2009-2012).
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Tom Tripodi
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director Compound Management & HTS Laboratory Automation Technologies · PTC Therapeutics, Inc.
For HTS and compound management, Tom Tripodi held Associate Director Compound Management & HTS Laboratory Automation Technologies at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (2004-2023) and describes building automated laboratory instrument clusters and integrating instruments. Tom has been Senior Scientist, Integrated Automation Lead at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine since 2024.
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Choose the right perspective
For discovery screening and compound handling, David Bouck, James Myslik, Tom Tripodi and Emerson Zang are the closest fits. Juan Reyes, whose earlier Moderna title names a clinical biomarker laboratory, fits clinical lab questions, and Alyssa Kloysuntia at IQVIA Laboratories describes integrating automated workflows, while Jesse Mulcahy, Kristen Tran, Gleb Konotop and Robert Ray suit questions about building and coordinating an automation group.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which assays in a discovery screening lab are worth moving onto liquid handlers first, and which should stay manual?
- 02How do you validate an automated method for a clinical biomarker lab so it holds up under audit?
- 03When should a biotech hire its own automation engineers instead of relying on the instrument vendor's application scientists?
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