Benjamin P. Bowen is a scientist in the Life Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His expertise encompasses statistical analysis of experimental data, instrument development, photophysics, surface chemistry, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Bowen has a PhD in chemical engineering from Arizona State University. His research has led to filing several patents on diverse instrumentation, materials for biosensing, and analysis approaches. Contact him at bpbowen@lbl.gov.