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
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Postdoctoral Scholars
Heidi Klumpe
(*Co-advised with Mo Khalil)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Caltech, 2021
B.S. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2013
Hossein Moghimian
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2024
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2023
B.Sc. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2019
PhD Students
Eric Bueno
Ph.D. candidate: Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2021
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
Hellen Huang
Ph.D. candidate: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2018
Shweta Khorana
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2023
B.S. Bioengineering, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, 2022
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.)
- Owen O'Connor, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2024
Thesis: Advancing Single-cell Analysis: Deep Learning for Cell Segmentation and Tracking with Improved Metrics - 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