Dr. Evgeni Sokurenko is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington, Seattle, and has been in this position since December 1999. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Board at ID Genomics, Inc., where he has served as President and CEO. Dr. Sokurenko holds both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in medical microbiology from the Moscow Medical Academy in the Russian Federation. His research primarily focuses on the molecular adaptive evolution of genes in bacterial pathogens.