SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Andres Fernandez
Senior Director, Silicon Engineering
Twist Bioscience
Andres Fernandez is Senior Director of Silicon Engineering at Twist Bioscience. He is responsible for the development and production of semiconductor chips used to synthesize DNA for a wide variety of applications. His current focus is on developing chips to enable DNA data storage. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University. After a post-doc at the University of Maryland, he held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Etec Systems. He then went on to play central roles at three start-up companies – Glimmerglass Networks, Complete Genomics, and Twist Bioscience. His expertise is in nanofabrication, microfluidics, and MEMS devices.
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From DNA Synthesis on Chips to DNA Data Storage
Enabling data storage on DNA relies on advancements in semiconductor technology to make DNA synthesis cheaper, which is a must-have for this field to emerge. The talk will introduce storage people to the concept of how semiconductors are used to create DNA and how the two are tied together, as well as how the advancements in semiconductors are crucial to bringing DNA data storage costs down.