Faculty

Principal Investigator

Synthetic biology, oscillations, and synchronization

Part time rock star; full time father, dog lover, and bacterial extraordinaire

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Dr. Jeff Hasty

Co-Principal Investigator

Dynamic gene circuitry modeling

The art in the patterns of life

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Dr. Lev Tsimring

Graduate students

Ph.D. Candidate

Cellular Aging, yeast engineering

nature sings

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Shayna Holness

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthetic biology, bacteria-based therapies, microfluidics, and Biofilms

hiking, musicals, arts & crafts, video games, food

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Tiffany Zhou

Ph.D. Candidate

Biosensors, Synthetic Ecologies, Adaptive Lab Evolution,

Lotus Magazine Founder, Heels Dancer, Big Foodie and a really good friend (allegedly)

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Alyssa Chiang

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthetic Biology, Microfluidics, Nonlinear Dynamics

Nerding, surfing, and chilling

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Austin Doughty

Ph.D. Candidate

Bacterial therapeutics, Adaptive Lab Evolution

Foodie,

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Joanna Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate

Bacterial heterogeneity and adaptation engineering

Fresh fruit and sweaters

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Shalni Kumar

Ph.D. Student

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Benjamin Liang

Ph.D. Candidate

Organ-on-a-chip, bacterial drug delivery

Space, nature, and Jamming

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Camilo Rey-Bedón

Ph.D. Student

ballooning, boxing & being a foodie!

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Chloe Nguyen

Ph.D. Student

TME profiles, bacterial drug delivery

Surfing, hiking, running, climbing, food!

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Katie O’Connor

Ph.D. Student

Bacterial Small Ecologies, Microfluidics

Climbing, Surfing, Trail Running, Painting, Happy Hour

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Paige Steppe

Ph.D. Student

Robust Circuit Design, Mathematical Modeling

Puzzles, Board Games and more math

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Sekou Rowe

Ph.D. Student

Yeast Synthetic Biology, Microfluidics

Snowboarding, Soccer, and Breakdance

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Wasu Ngamkanjanarat

Ph.D. Student

Yeast Aging Dynamics, Microfluidics, Engineering Cell longevity

Cats, coffee, and baked beans on toast

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Zahra Mousavi Karimi

Ph.D. Student

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Philip Emmanuêle

PH.D. STUDENT

Engineering Genetic Circuits
Mathematical Biology
Biophysics

Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
Entomology

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Payton J. Thomas

Ph.D Student

Biosensors, spheroids

Hiking and cooking

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Gianna Elias

Postdoctoral fellows

Staff Scientist

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Dr. Robert Cooper

Staff

Micro-Fabrication Specialist

Soft-Litography, 3D printing, Graphic design

Guitar, Muay Thai, Thriftie

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Emerald Forrest

Undergraduate Researchers

Aayush Somani, Class of 2023
Allison LaFuze, Class of 2023
Karen Kim, Class of 2023
Myra Ashraf, Class of 2024
Arnav Tayal, Class of 2024

Collaborators

Professor in Mol Bio, UCSD

haolab.ucsd.edu

Dr. Nan Hao

Senior Research Fellow at Adelaide Medial School, AUS

Dr. Susan Woods

Professor at Colonoscopy Clini, Queensland, AUS

Dr. Dan Worthley

Founding Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation and Professor of Pediatrics and Computer Science & Engineering at UCSD

Dr. Rob Knight