Vice President and Distinguished Scientist Illumina
Biography
Dr. Schroth is currently a Vice President and Distinguished Scientist at Illumina where he directs the Core Applications Group based in San Diego.
He obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California at Davis and has been working in the field of next-generation sequencing (NGS) for more than a decade as part of Illumina (and Solexa).
In his research Dr. Schroth uses NGS to study genomics, gene structure, expression and regulation and applies this to genomic projects in the fields of cancer, microbiology and infectious disease.
Over the course of his career Dr. Schroth has published over 90 peer reviewed research papers and holds 17 U.S. patents.
He obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California at Davis and has been working in the field of next-generation sequencing (NGS) for more than a decade as part of Illumina (and Solexa).
In his research Dr. Schroth uses NGS to study genomics, gene structure, expression and regulation and applies this to genomic projects in the fields of cancer, microbiology and infectious disease.
Over the course of his career Dr. Schroth has published over 90 peer reviewed research papers and holds 17 U.S. patents.
