Faculty

Dr. Mary Dunlop

Associate Professor
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2008
M.S. California Institute of Technology, 2004
B.S.E. Princeton University, 2002

Full CV [PDF]

 

Postdoctoral Scholars

Heidi Klumpe

(*Co-advised with Mo Khalil)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 2021
B.S. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2013

 

PhD Students

Eric Bueno

Ph.D. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2021

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Cristian Coriano-Ortiz

Ph.D. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2019

Fereshteh Jafarbeglou

Ph.D. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2020
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2017

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Hellen Huang

Ph.D. candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2018

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Shweta Khorana

M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2023
B.S. Bioengineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Owen O’Connor

Ph.D. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2017

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Eric South

Ph.D. candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
M.Res. Systems and Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, UK, 2019
B.S. Biotechnology, James Madison University, 2018

 
 

Undergraduate Researchers

Josh Kome

B.S. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
Boston University

 

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Dr. Razan Alnahhas, 2020-2024
  • Dr. Virgile Andreani, 2021-2024
  • Dr. Jean-Baptiste Lugagne, 2018-2024
  • Dr. Jonghyeon Shin, 2019-2021
  • Dr. Nadia Sampaio, 2018-2020
  • Dr. Imane El Meouche, 2014-2019
  • Dr. Xi Wen, 2017-2018
  • Dr. Deepak Agrawal, 2016-2018

Graduate Students (Ph.D.)

  • Caroline Blassick, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2024
    Thesis: Characterizing heterogeneity in Escherichia coli gene expression and its consequences for antimicrobial tolerance
  • Michael Sheets, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2023
    Thesis: Light-inducible tools for control of bacterial gene expression and antibiotic resistance
  • Nathan Tague, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2023
    Thesis: Utilizing light as an input and output for synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
  • Ariel Langevin, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2020
    Thesis: Dynamics and evolution of efflux-pump mediated antibiotic resistance
  • Tiebin Wang, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, 2020
    Thesis: Fitness costs in antibiotic resistance and metabolic engineering
  • Nicholas Rossi, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, 2019
    Thesis: Noise and information in bacterial multigene stress response systems
  • Tim Tomko, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2017
    Thesis: Bioprospecting for genes that confer biofuel tolerance to Escherichia coli using a genomic library approach

Graduate Students (M.S. Thesis or Project)

  • Deeya Burman, M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2020
    Project: Design, build, and test of Escherichia coli strains engineered to produce free fatty acids
  • Javier Garcia-Bernardo, M.S., Computer Science, 2015
    Thesis: Gene expression noise in stress response as a survival strategy in fluctuating environments
  • Jessica Lindle, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2015
    Thesis: Using a biosensor-controlled synthetic feedback loop to improve microbial biofuel tolerance
  • Will Turner, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2014
    Thesis: Understanding and improving microbial biofuel tolerance as a result of efflux pump expression through genetic engineering and mathematical modeling
  • Ana Camposeco-Jacobs, M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2013
    Thesis: Role of noise in gene expression in the multiple antibiotic resistance network of E. coli
  • Mary Harrison, M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2012
    Thesis: Synthetic feedback loop for increasing microbial biofuel production using a biosensor

Technicians

  • Nick Emery
  • Jesse Fenno
  • Yik Siu

Undergraduate Students

  • Betty Zhu, B.A. Mathematics & Computer Science
  • Sasha Dolynuk, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Tommy Quinn, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Sarah Nemsick, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Vicente Trelles, B.S. Biotechnology (University of Edinburgh)
  • Vincent Chang, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
  • Lizzy Slade, B.S. Electrical Engineering
  • Marco Tulio Lopes Guerreiro, B.S. Electrical Engineering
  • Alexa Bartel, B.S. Environmental Engineering
  • James Lent, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
  • Will Turner, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
  • Cooper Van Vranken, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
  • Michael Barbour, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
  • Rachel Koh, B.S. Mechanical Engineering