Position/Organization: President and Co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D., is a biologist and the president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. He pioneered the development of the DNA and protein sequencers and synthesizers that have revolutionized research in genomics. He helped found the Institute for Systems Biology in 2000 to pursue systems approaches to biology and medicine. He has participated in the founding of more than a dozen biotechnology companies.