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-**Jacob Swett** is an American research scientist.
+**Jacob L. Swett** is an American research scientist. He is a Co-founder of [[altLabs]] and Vice President of [[medical_technology_companies:Recognition AnalytiX]].((//RECOGNITION ANALYTIX, INC.// Arizona Corporations Commission. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://archive.ph/9o1pS))
 ===== History =====
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 Swett attended [[Missouri State University]] from 2007-2012, earning his Bachelors of Science in Applied Mathematics and Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in German. In 2008, he studied yellow supergiant variable stars during as an intern at the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA).
-He then attended the [[University of Oxford]] from 2016-2020 as a PhD candidate.((//Jacob Swett.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-swett/))
+==== Career ====
+Swett worked as a research scientist in [[Lockheed Martin]]'s space division from 2008-2019.
+He then attended the [[University of Oxford]] from 2016-2020 for his PhD in [[philosophy]].((//Jacob Swett.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-swett/)) The areas he focused on for his research were:
+  * Novel [[biosensors]] based on [[nanotechnology]] and [[quantum sensing]]
+  * New technologies for [[biosurveillance]] and [[diagnostics]]
+  * [[Quantum transport]] in [[nanostructures]]
+  * Transverse solid-state [[nanopore sequencing]]
+Swett has participated as a member of the [[Breakthrough Starshot]] Advisory Board since 2017.
+=== altLabs ===
+In 2019, Swett co-founded [[altLabs]], and participated in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship at the [[Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security]].
+In 2020, Swett acted as a consultant for the [[Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense]] and a visiting scientist at the [[ASU Biodesign Institute]]. He also participated as a fellow in the [[Council on Strategic Risks]]' Ending Bioweapons Program in 2020 and 2021.((//Jacob Swett.// (2020, July 6). Council on Strategic Risks. https://archive.ph/45whN))
+=== Recognition AnalytiX ===
+Starting in November 2021, Swett began participating on the User Executive Committee for the [[Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences]] at [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]]. In January 2023, Swett became the committee's industry liaison for [[medical_technology_companies:Recognition AnalytiX]], his nanosensor startup.((//Welcome to the CNMS User Group.// Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://archive.ph/3aOOO))
+As of January 2023, Swett is a Biosecurity Innovation Fellow at the [[Foresight Institute]].
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