Sebastian Kraves

Sebastian Kraves

Sebastian Kraves, Ph.D. Co-Founder. Sebastian is a molecular neurobiologist trained at Harvard. Previously he was a Principal with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he helped make biomedical technology accessible to low-resource settings for global health. As a neuroscientist, Sebastian has published widely read work on the circadian control of behavior and on the dissection of neural circuits using optogenetics. Sebastian dreamed of becoming a biologist at age 12 after reading Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle and is now focused on his dream to make biotech tools accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Dr. Kraves is also a co-founder of Genes in Space, a collaboration between miniPCR bio and Boeing with support from ISS National Lab and New England Biolabs. This initiative invites youth to design innovative space biology experiments to be conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Genes in Space has flown more than ten breakthrough student-led research investigations to the ISS, most of which have resulted in peer-reviewed publications led by high school students. Dr. Kraves is committed to fueling their dreams.