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Patrick Shih Patrick Shih
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
synthetic biology, plant biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology
headshot of Chris Anderson Chris Anderson
Dept of Bioengineering
synthetic biology
John Dueber, smiling, in lab John Dueber
Dept of Bioengineering
synthetic biology, Metabolic Engineering
Patrick Hsu in the lab Patrick Hsu
Dept of Bioengineering
generative biology, language models, virtual cell models, genome mining and editing, synthetic biology, AI agents for science
Jay D. Keasling Jay D. Keasling
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
Adam Arkin Adam Arkin
Dept of Bioengineering
Systems and Synthetic Biology, Environmental Microbiology of Bacteria and Viruses, Biomanufacturing, Biomedicine, Bioremediation, space, green and sustainable manufacturing, infectious disease, Biological Data Science
David Savage David Savage
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, metabolism, photosynthetic systems, Systems and Synthetic Biology, protein engineering
Alanna Schepartz Alanna Schepartz
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
chemical biology, synthetic biology, organic chemistry, biophysics
Headshot of Anastasios Melis Anastasios Melis
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
photosynthesis, Metabolic Engineering, synthetic biology, bioproduction R&D
Ian Holmes Ian Holmes
Dept of Bioengineering
computational biology, molecular evolution, computational genomics, Systems and Synthetic Biology
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Photo in office Murat Arcak
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
control, intelligent systems and robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems, networks, transportation, applications of system theory to aerospace problems, Systems and Synthetic Biology
Ziyang Zhang Ziyang Zhang
Dept of Chemistry
synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, peptides, proteins, drug discovery, cellular signal transduction, cancer, autoimmune diseases
Kris Pister Kristofer Pister
Division of Computer Science (EECS)
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
micro robotics, synthetic insects, smart dust
Evan Miller Evan Miller
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biochemistry, biophysics, Structural Biology
Lisa Pruitt Lisa A. Pruitt
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
tissue biomechanics, biomaterial science, fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, orthopedic polymers for total joint replacement, synthetic cartilage
Thomas Maimone in lab setting Thomas Maimone
Dept of Chemistry
organic synthesis, total synthesis, natural products chemistry, catalysis, synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, drug discovery
Wenjun Zhang Wenjun Zhang
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery, human microbiome, specialized metabolism
F. Dean Toste Dean Toste
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organic, development of new synthetic methods, enantioselective catalysts, strategies for the synthesis of natural products, synthesis of complex molecules, formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bonds, olefins, supramolecular chemistry, redox flow batteries, medicinal chemistry, bioconjugation, homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, biomass, fluorination
Richmond Sarpong Richmond Sarpong
Dept of Chemistry
organic and organometallic chemistry
Nunez James Nuñez
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
genetics, epigenetics, CRISPR-based genome and epigenome editing
Portrait on campus, 2023 Ksenia Krasileva
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
genome evolution, innate immunity, plant health, fungi
Hernan Garcia Hernan G Garcia
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Physics
genetics, genomics, biophysics
headshot of Michel Maharbiz Michel Maharbiz
Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)
neural interfaces, bioMEMS, microsystems, MEMS, microsystems for the life sciences
Phillip Messersmith Phillip Messersmith
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
adhesion, polymers, regenerative medicine, sustainable polymers, biomimetics, medical devices
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