About Keith Comito Keith Comito is a computer programmer and mathematician whose work brings together a variety of disciplines to provoke thought and promote social change. He has created video games, bioinformatics programs, musical applications, and biotechnology projects featured in Forbes and NPR.
In addition to developing high-profile mobile applications such as HBO Now, MLB At Bat, and most recently
Disney+, he explores the intersection of technology and biology at the Brooklyn community lab
Genspace, where he helped to create games which allow players to
direct the motion of microscopic organisms.
Seeing age-related disease as one of the most profound problems facing humanity, he now works to accelerate and democratize longevity research efforts through initiatives such as
Lifespan.io. As president of
LEAF, he is a leading advocate for the increase of healthy human lifespan, participating in
numerous speaking engagements and press appearances around the world, and working to produce high-impact media
projects to inform and engage the public regarding this critical topic.
He earned a B.S. in Mathematics, B.S. in Computer science, and M.S. in Applied Mathematics at Hofstra University, where his work included analysis of the LMNA protein.