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