Faculty

Principal Investigator



Synthetic biology, oscillations, and synchronization

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

jhasty@ucsd.edu

Dr. Jeff Hasty

Co-Principal Investigator



Dynamic gene circuitry modeling

The art in the patterns of life

ltsimring@ucsd.edu

Dr. Lev Tsimring

Graduate students

Ph.D. Candidate



Cellular Aging, yeast engineering

nature sings

sholness@ucsd.edu

Shayna Holness

Ph.D. Candidate

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

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

t2zhou@ucsd.edu

Tiffany Zhou

Ph.D. Candidate

Biosensors, Synthetic Ecologies, Adaptive Lab Evolution,

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

a3chiang@ucsd.edu

Alyssa Chiang

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthetic Biology, Microfluidics, Nonlinear Dynamics

Nerding, surfing, and chilling

adoughty@ucsd.edu

Austin Doughty

Ph.D. Candidate

Bacterial therapeutics, Adaptive Lab Evolution

Foodie,



t4zhang@ucsd.edu

Joanna Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate



Bacterial heterogeneity and adaptation engineering

Fresh fruit and sweaters

s8kumar@ucsd.edu

Shalni Kumar

Ph.D. Student







bkliang@ucsd.edu

Benjamin Liang

Ph.D. Candidate


Organ-on-a-chip, bacterial drug delivery

Space, nature, and Jamming

creybedo@ucsd.edu

Camilo Rey-Bedón

Ph.D. Student





ballooning, boxing & being a foodie!

cbn004@ucsd.edu

Chloe Nguyen

Ph.D. Student



TME profiles, bacterial drug delivery

Surfing, hiking, running, climbing, food!

k2oconnor@ucsd.edu

Katie O’Connor

Ph.D. Student



Bacterial Small Ecologies, Microfluidics

Climbing, Surfing, Trail Running, Painting, Happy Hour

psteppe@ucsd.edu

Paige Steppe

Ph.D. Student

Robust Circuit Design, Mathematical Modeling

Puzzles, Board Games and more math

sjrowe@ucsd.edu

Sekou Rowe

Ph.D. Student

Yeast Synthetic Biology, Microfluidics

Snowboarding, Soccer, and Breakdance

wngamkan@ucsd.edu

Wasu Ngamkanjanarat

Ph.D. Student

Yeast Aging Dynamics, Microfluidics, Engineering Cell longevity

Cats, coffee, and baked beans on toast

zmousavikarimi@ucsd.edu

Zahra Mousavi Karimi

Ph.D. Student










pemmanue@ucsd.edu

Philip Emmanuêle

PH.D. STUDENT

Engineering Genetic Circuits
Mathematical Biology
Biophysics

Alpine Climbing and Mountaineering
Entomology


paytonco@ucsd.edu

Payton J. Thomas

Ph.D Student





Biosensors, spheroids

Hiking and cooking

gielias@ucsd.edu

Gianna Elias

Postdoctoral fellows

Staff Scientist







rcooper@ucsd.edu

Dr. Robert Cooper

Staff

Micro-Fabrication Specialist

Soft-Litography, 3D printing, Graphic design

Guitar, Muay Thai, Thriftie

eforrest@ucsd.edu

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