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David J. Ross (Fed)

Physicist

David Ross is the lead scientist for the Living Measurement Systems Foundry in the Cellular Engineering Group at NIST. He currently works on methods for predictive engineering of biological function. His most recent work has focused on developing measurements and standards for large-scale, AI-ready biological data and machine-learning approaches to predict protein function using large-scale data.

Postdoctoral Research Opportunities

National Research Council Research Associateship Program at NIST:

Positions for non-US citizens:

  • Please contact Dr. Ross directly

Selected Publications (Google Scholar)

Publications

evedesign: accessible biosequence design with a unified framework

Author(s)
David Ross, Thomas Hopf, Artem Gazizov, Sergio Garcia Busto, Ethan Eschbach, SunJae Lee, Milot Mirdita, Ian Ross, Rose Orenbuch, Khaoula Belahsen, Anthony Gitter, Chris Sander, Martin Steinegger, Simon d'Oelsnitz, Debora Marks
Machine learning methods for protein engineering are rarely interoperable, require bespoke workflows, and remain inaccessible to non-experts. Yet the design...

Experimental Evaluation of AI-Driven Protein Design Risks Using Safe Biological Proxies

Author(s)
Svetlana Ikonomova, Bruce Wittmann, Fernanda Piorino Macruz de Oliveira, David Ross, Samuel Schaffter, Olga Vasilyeva, Elizabeth Strychalski, Eric Horvitz, James Diggans, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Geoffrey Taghon
Advances in machine learning are providing new abilities for engineering biology, promising leaps forward with beneficial applications. At the same time, these...

Patents (2018-Present)

Created October 2, 2019, Updated December 10, 2025
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