| Current Members |
Current Visitors |
Alumni | Past Visitors |
Past Members |
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*Alumni*
| Andrés Ortiz-Muñoz | |
| PhD (Systems Biology, 2014-2022); previously (Bachelor's, U Texas El Paso, 2014); now at the Santa Fe Institute | |
| stochastic chemical reaction networks, theory of self-assembly, models of development, category theory, mathematical logic | |
aoortiz santafe.edu | |
| William Poole | |
| PhD (CNS, 2015-2022); previously (Bachelor's, Biological physics, Brown University, 2013) joint with Murray lab, now at Altos Labs with Hana El Samad | |
| biochemical systems and information processing, machine learning, stochastic behavior | |
wpoole caltech.edu | |
| Chris Thachuk | |
| Banting Research Fellow (CMS, 2014-2020); previously (PhD, CS, U. British Columbia, 2012); now asst. prof. in CSE at UW | |
| theoretical computer science, string algorithms, DNA strand displacement, chemical reaction networks, energy landscapes | |
thachuk caltech.edu | |
| Robert Johnson | |
| PhD (BE, 2014-2020) co-mentored with Lulu Qian; previously (Bachelor's, Biology, Caltech, 2014); soon to be postdoc with Anne Condon (U British Columbia) | |
| chemical reaction networks, DNA strand displacement, verification, bisimulation, complexity theory, impossibility proofs | |
rfjohnso dna.caltech.edu | |
| Stefan Badelt | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (BE 2016-2020); previously (PhD, Molecular Biology, U. Vienna, 2016); now postdoc with Ivo Hofacker at U. Vienna | |
| theoretical biology, RNA secondary structure and kinetics, co-transcriptional folding, energy landscapes, sequence design, molecular programming compilers | |
stef tbi.univie.ac.at | |
| Frits Dannenberg | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (CMS 2016-2018); previously (PhD, Computer Science, Oxford, 2016); now Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht | |
| applied mathematics, verification, nucleic acid self-assembly and folding kinetics | |
fdannenberg live.nl | |
| Damien Woods | |
| Senior Research Fellow (CMS 2009-2016); previously (PhD, CS, NUI Maynooth, 2005); researcher at INRIA Paris; now Prof. of Computer Science, NUI Maynooth | |
| models of computation, self-replication and origin of life, algorithmic self-assembly | |
damien.woods mu.ie | |
| Dave Doty | |
| Senior Research Fellow (CMS, 2010-2015); previously (PhD, CS, Iowa State U., 2009); now Assoc. Prof. of Computer Science, UC Davis | |
| theoretical computer science, self-assembly, chemical reaction networks | |
doty ucdavis.edu | |
| Niranjan Srinivas | |
| PhD (CNS, 2015); previously (Master's, Math & Computational Science, IIT Kanpur, 2008); postdoc at UC Berkeley; now at 10X Genomics | |
| machine learning, DNA strand displacement systems, synthetic developmental biology | |
niranjan dna.caltech.edu | |
| Constantine Evans | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher (BE, 2015); PhD (Physics, 2014); now at Evans Foundation and Maynouth University, Ireland | |
| algorithmic self-assembly, DNA sequence design, physics | |
cge dna.caltech.edu | |
| Joseph Schaeffer | |
| PhD (CS, 2013) and MS (CS, 2012); now at Autodesk Research, Bio/Nano Programmable Matter group | |
| simulating DNA secondary structure thermodynamics and kinetics | |
schaeffer dna.caltech.edu | |
| Lulu Qian | |
| Postdoc (BE, 2008-2013) co-mentored with Shuki Bruck; now Prof. of Bioengineering, Caltech | |
| DNA strand displacement circuits, biochemical learning, molecular robots | |
luluqian caltech.edu | |
| Qing Dong | |
| MS (CS, 2012 from SUNY Stony Brook) co-advised with Steven Skiena; now at Epic Systems, Wisconsin | |
| bisimulation verification of chemical reaction network implementations | |
dong.qing.nju gmail.com | |
| Ho-Lin Chen | |
| CMI and MPP postdoctoral fellow (2007-2011); now Assoc. Prof. of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University | |
| theoretical computer science, algorithmic game theory, self-assembly, chemical reaction networks | |
holinc cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw | |
| Seung Woo Shin | |
| MS (CS, 2011); was graduate student at UC Berkeley with Umesh Vazirani; now at Google | |
| theoretical computer science, chemical reaction networks, quantum computing | |
seungwoo.theory gmail.com | |
| Rizal Hariadi | |
| PhD (APh, 2011); was postdoc at U Michigan with Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, then at Harvard with Peng Yin; now Asst. Prof. of Physics, Arizona State U | |
| biophysics, microscopy, self-assembly, molecular motors | |
rhariadi asu.edu | |
| Elisa Franco | |
| PhD (CDS, 2011) co-mentored with Richard Murray; now Assoc. Prof. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA | |
| control theory, biological feedback circuits, cell-free synthetic circuits, self-assembly | |
efranco ucr.edu | |
| Dave Zhang | |
| PhD (CNS, 2010); now Assoc. Prof. of Bioengineering at Rice U. | |
| DNA strand displacement circuits, biophysics, diagnostics | |
dyz1 rice.edu | |
| Peng Yin | |
| CBCD and MPP postdoctoral fellow (2005-2009) co-mentored with Niles Pierce; now Prof. of Systems Biology, Harvard. | |
| DNA nanotechnology, molecular programming, synthetic biology | |
py hms.harvard.edu | |
| Georg Seelig | |
| CBCD postdoctoral fellow (2003-2009); now Assoc. Prof. of EE, CSE, and BE at U. Washington. | |
| dynamic DNA nanotechnology, molecular programming, synthetic biology, quantitative biology | |
gseelig uw.edu | |
| Paul Rothemund | |
| BI and CPI postdoctoral fellow (2002-2007); now Research Professor at Caltech. | |
| DNA origami, algorithmic self-assembly, nanofabrication | |
231 Moore, x5795, pwkr caltech.edu | |
| David Soloveichik | |
| PhD (CNS, 2008); now Assoc. Prof. of Electrical & Computer Engineering at UT Austin. | |
| DNA nanotechnology, molecular programming, self-assembly, chemical reaction networks, machine learning | |
david.soloveichik utexas.edu | |
| Sung Ha Park | |
| CPI postdoctoral fellow (2005-2007); now Assoc. Prof. of Physics at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea | |
| DNA nanotechnology, self-assembly | |
sunghapark skku.edu | |
| Rebecca Schulman | |
| PhD (CNS, 2007); now Assoc. Prof. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins | |
| biomimetic engineering, DNA nanotechnology, self-assembly, pattern formation | |
rschulm3 jhu.edu | |
| Jongmin Kim | |
| PhD (Biology, 2007); postdocs at Caltech with Richard Murray and at Harvard with Peng Yin; now Asst. Prof. at POSTECH, Korea | |
| synthetic cell-free biochemical circuits | |
jongmin dna.caltech.edu |
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