John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering; Executive Officer for Biology and Biological Engineering
Research Summary
Biological engineering, chemical engineering, computational mathematics, molecular programming, chemical biology, synthetic biology.
Profile
Research Activities
Engineering small conditional DNAs and RNAs for signal transduction in vitro, in situ, and in vivo; computational algorithms for the analysis and design of nucleic acid systems; programmable molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state.
Honors and Awards
Rozenberg Tulip Award, 2020 74th Eastman Professor, University of Oxford, 2016–2017 Professorial Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford, 2016–2017 Guggenheim Fellow, 2014–2015 Christensen Fellow, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 2014 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005 Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2003 Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Teaching Award, 2002, 2006 Fox Prize in Numerical Analysis, First Prize, 1999 Rhodes Scholarship, Hertz Fellowship, National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1993 Valedictorian, Princeton University, 1993
