Bio
Denis Tamiev graduated in 2016 with a degree in biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at Iowa State University. During his undergraduate years, he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Hargrove studying anaerobic nitrogen metabolism in E. coli. Denis participated in multiple Stupka Undergraduate Research Symposiums and was selected as a Stupka scholar in 2014. After completing his undergraduate degree, Denis pursued a PhD at Iowa State University in the laboratory of Dr. Nigel Reuel. Denis’ research is focused on developing spore based protein expression systems that can be used in locations with limited cold storage capacity for therapeutic applications. During his graduate research work, Denis developed an artificial intelligence based image processing algorithm to count bacterial cells on microscope images. This work enabled him to create a startup, Curiosity Labs, that Denis is currently pursuing alongside his PhD degree.