Benjamin Atha has over 9 years of experience working in molecular biology laboratories. He received his B.A. in biology from Hood College, and also received his M.S. in biological sciences from Towson University where his thesis focused on protein functions and post-translation modifications. After graduation, Ben began working with next-generation sequencing at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and for the USDA. He now writes for Biocompare and serves as the editor for SEQanswers.