People
Biology based, people powered! Please explore and contact anyone noted below to learn more about different aspects of synthetic biology at Stanford.
Nils Averesch
Biomolecular Engineering & Biomanufacturing for Space & Sustainability
Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Fundamentals
Eric A. Appel
Biomaterials, Hydrogels, Environmental Engineering
Sustainability, Fundamentals
Steven Banik
Protein engineering, mammalian synthetic biology
Medicine, Fundamentals
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Annelise Barron
Biomemetic Molecular Engineering for Medicine
Fundamentals, Medicine
Lacramiora Bintu
Mammalian Cell Engineering
Fundamentals, Medicine
Helen Blau
Gerozymes, Stem Cells, Muscle Biology, Aging.
Sustainability
Jenn Brophy
Plant Morphogenesis, Logic, & Microbiomes
Sustainability, Education, Fundamentals
Paul Bollyky
Bacteriophage Biology and Therapeutics
Medicine, Fundamentals
Matteo Cargnello
Combining biology and catalysis for sustainability
Sustainability
Chris Chafe
Art Design & Performance
Arts
Wah Chiu
Cryogenic electron microscopy
Fundamentals, Medicine
Jennifer Cochran
Protein Engineering for Biomedical Applications
Medicine, Fundamentals
Todd Coleman
Biopolicy & Leadership, Neurotechnologies
Biopolicy, Medicine, Fundamentals
Markus Covert
Building molecular, software, and modeling tools
Fundamentals, Entrepreneurship
Kyle G. Daniels
Engineering receptors to control cell phenotype
Medicine
Rhiju Das
Modeling & Design of RNA Molecules
Fundamentals, Education, Medicine
Paul DeMarinis
Art, Design, Performance; Culture
Arts
Karl Deisseroth
Tools for controlling and mapping living systems
Fundamentals, Medicine
Jennifer Dionne
Nanophotonics; molecular sensing and dynamic imaging
Fundamentals, Sustainability, Medicine
José R. Dinneny
Engineering plant structure-function for sustainability
Sustainability, Fundamentals
Drew Endy
Fundamentals, Culture, Strategy
Fundamentals, Education, Arts, Biopolicy
Xiaojing Gao
Smart Medicines, Biological Systems Design
Medicine, Fundamentals
Matthias Garten
Host Parasite Interactions, Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology
Fundamentals, Medicine
Rogelio Hernandez-Lopez
Immune cell engineering, Microbiome engineering, Cancer
Fundamentals, Medicine, Education
Brian Hie
Aligning biological AI with human good
Medicine, Fundamentals
Possu Huang
Protein Design for Biomedical Applications
Medicine, Fundamentals
Michael C. Jewett
Cell-free bioengineering
Sustainability, Fundamentals, Education
Eric Kool
Chemical Biology of DNA and RNA
Entrepreneurship, Medicine
Phillip Kyriakakis
Evolution of Optogenetic Tools, Viral Vector Engineering
Entrepeurship, Prototyping, DEI, Medicine
Sasha Levy
Genomic technologies for bio-discovery and bio-building
Fundamentals, Entrepreneurship
Michael Lin
Real-time protein control and biological sensing
Entrepreneurship, Medicine
Josh Makower
Biodesign, Translation, Entrepreneurship
Medicine, Education, Entrepeneurship
Danielle Mai
Protein-based materials, molecular-scale biopolymer engineering
Sustainability, Prototyping, Fundamentals
Michaëlle Mayalu
Dynamics & Control of Biological Systems
Medicine, Education, Fundamentals
Megan Palmer
Biopolicy & Leadership
Biopolicy
Tino Pleiner
Engineering mammalian cells with function-modulating nanobodies
Medicine, Fundamentals
Stanley Qi
Discovery-based Synthetic Biology, Gene Therapy & Cell Therapy
Medicine, Fundamentals
Hawa Racine Thiam
Cellular biophysics, human immune system engineering
Fundamentals, Medicine
Elizabeth Sattely
Discovery and Engineering of Plant Metabolic Pathways
Sustainability, Fundamentals
Tina Seelig
Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship, Biopolicy
Mark Skylar-Scott
Tool development: Synthetic Stem Cells, Organoids and Tissues, Optogenetic tools
Medicine, Education
Christina Smolke
Modular Genetic Platforms for Programming Living Systems
Medicine, Fundamentals, Education
Lisa Solomon
Embracing ambiguity, Exploring worldviews, Leadership development
Biopolicy, Arts
Justin Sonnenburg
Instrumentation and composition of microbial communities in the gut
Fundamentals, Medicine
Lars Steinmetz
Genetics and genome technologies
Fundamentals, Medicine
Aaron F. Straight
Epigenetic systems and cellular dynamics
Sustainability, Fundamentals, Arts
James Swartz
Biotechnology for human and planet health
Fundamentals, Medicine, Sustainability
Alice Ting
Biochemical technology for mapping molecules, cells, and functional circuits
Medicine, Entrepreneurship, Prototyping
Milana Trounce
Biosecurity & Emergency Medicine
Medicine, Education, Biopolicy
Ellen Yeh
Microbial ecology for planet health
Fundamentals, Sustainability
Helen Dang
Art, Communication, and Building Community
Education, DEI, Arts
Bella Archibald
Sustainability, plant engineering, bioremediation, biomanufacturing
Sustainability, Education, Entrepreneurship
Santiago Mille Fragoso
Smart medicines, molecular medices, multicellular systems, protein engineering
Fundamentals, Education, Medicine
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Hank Jones
Chemical Computation, Optimization, Synthetic Multicellularity
Sustainability, Biopolicy, Fundamentals, Medicine
Lucas Sant'Anna
Cell engineering, gene circuits, computational modeling
Medicine, Fundamentals, Education
Janella Schwab
Mammalian cell engineering for medicine
Medicine, Biopolicy, Education
Anru Tian
Biotherapeutics, sustainability, protein engineering, biomanufacturing
Sustainability, Medicine, Education