EDWARD (EDDY) RUBIN is a member of the Global Virome Project Leadership Board. Eddy is a physician, geneticist and information scientist who has participated in large multinational scientific projects throughout his career in academics and private industry. Following several leadership positions at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory he was appointed the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute. There he led a team that sequenced 13% of the human genome as part of the International Human Genome Project as well as the genomes of thousands of microbes, viruses and fungi. 

In 2016, Eddy became the Chief Scientific Officer at Metabiota, a company that works on epidemic risk and infectious diseases. Presently, he is the Director of Science Corps, a non-profit organization focused on building science capacity worldwide by placing young PhD scientists in underserved regions. In addition, Eddy continues to serve as an Associate Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Eddy has received numerous awards including an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Middlebury College, the University of Rochester Dean’s Award, the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award and has been inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation.