Shirish Goyal — HTBAA Fall 2026

Shirish Goyal

About me

I am currently an entrepreneur designing robots which can move and fly.

Experience with scientific research, biology and bioengineering

  • Research Scientist and Engineer at Deptt. of Computer Science (HCI Group), Stanford University on Crowdsourcing as Future of Work and Governance Models
  • Research Engineer at Deptt. of Bioengineering (Riedel Kruse Lab), Stanford University on Cloud Biology Labs for Research and Education (Euglena Phototaxis), and Interactive Biotic Games (Live micro-organisms)
  • DIY fluorescent microscope automation with micro-manager using a plugin - managed by BioCurious, an open biomakerspace in california, US
  • phageParser: an open-source, Python-based bioinformatics tool designed to automate the extraction, curation, and analysis of CRISPR information from public genetic data - contributed code under Mozilla Sprint 2016 organized by Mozzila Science Lab

Contact info

Homework, Labs, and Projects

See the nav bar on the left to look through my work for How To Biomanufacture Almost Anything (Fall 2026)!

WeekModuleStatusTopic
01Project IdeaCAD-guided structural bio-composite for Drones
02DNA DesignComputer-Aided Genetic Design for Structural Cellulose using Kernel (by Asimov)