David Mokry

Dr. Mokry is a Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader within the Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) at Promega Corporation. He received his doctorate from the University of Georgia in Biochemistry and specializes in Protein Engineering, which involves creating novel enzymes with unique functions. Prior to joining Promega, David was the Research Director at a small biotechnology company (Xylome), where he developed an innovative process to produce a palm oil substitute using yeast. He also spent 5 years as a post-doctoral researcher in Brazil, where he studied protein structure and functional relationships and learned to speak Portuguese. David is the primary author of several peer reviewed research articles and has been the lead inventor on a number of patents.