SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
John Hoffman is a Lead Scientist at Quantitative Scientific Solutions (QS-2) where he serves as a subject matter expert in synthetic and molecular biology, bioinstrumentation, and nanofabrication. In this role he serves as the technical lead managing advanced research and development programs in Molecular Information Storage for the Federal Government as well as supporting technical roadmapping and strategy development for commercial clients. John has a background in polymer chemistry, DNA synthesis and sequencing, and CMOS based bioinstrumentation. Prior to joining QS-2, John was a senior scientist at Stratos Genomics in Seattle, Washington developing novel DNA sequencing chemistries on CMOS based nanopore sequencers and has also held management positions at Medtronic Physio Control and Philips Medical Systems. He received his PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in 2010.
Today, information is being digitized on a massive scale, by servers in datacenters, by mobile devices, and by networks of sensors everywhere around us. Artificial intelligence techniques and ubiquitous processing power are making it possible to mine this massive ocean of data; however, integral to harnessing this data as knowledge is the ability to store it for long periods of time.
