Faculty

Principal Investigator

Bioengineering
Physics
Biology



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




sholness@ucsd.edu

Shayna Holness

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthetic Biology
Microfluidics
Nonlinear Dynamics



adoughty@ucsd.edu

Austin Doughty

Ph.D. Candidate

Bacterial therapeutics
Adaptive Lab Evolution




t4zhang@ucsd.edu

Joanna Zhang

Ph.D. Candidate

High throughput biology
adaptive lab evolution




bkliang@ucsd.edu

Benjamin Liang

Ph.D. Candidate

Organ-on-a-chip
bacterial drug delivery




creybedo@ucsd.edu

Camilo Rey-Bedón

Ph.D. Candidate

Yeast Aging Dynamics
Microfluidics
Engineering Longevity



zmousavikarimi@ucsd.edu

Zahra Mousavi Karimi

Ph.D. Candidate

Tumor Microenvironment
Bacterial Drug Delivery




k2oconnor@ucsd.edu

Katie O’Connor

Ph.D. Candidate

Bacterial Small Ecologies
Microfluidics




psteppe@ucsd.edu

Paige Steppe

Ph.D. Candidate

Robust Circuit Design
Mathematical Modeling




sjrowe@ucsd.edu

Sekou Rowe

Ph.D. Candidate

Yeast Synthetic Biology
Microfluidics




wngamkan@ucsd.edu

Wasu Ngamkanjanarat

PH.D. STUDENT

Cell Morphology
Adaptation Engineering




cbn004@ucsd.edu

Chloe Nguyen

PH.D. STUDENT

Genetic Circuits
Mathematical Biology
Biophysics



paytonco@ucsd.edu

Payton J. Thomas

Ph.D. Student

DNA Biosensors
Bioprocessing




pemmanue@ucsd.edu

Philip Emmanuêle

Ph.D. Student

Biosensors
spheroids




gielias@ucsd.edu

Gianna Elias

Postdoctoral fellows

Ph.D. Candidate

Biosensors
Synthetic Ecologies
Adaptive Lab Evolution



a3chiang@ucsd.edu

Dr. Alyssa Chiang

Staff

Micro-Fabrication Specialist

Soft-Litography,
3D printing
Graphic design



eforrest@ucsd.edu

Emerald Forrest

Research Scientist

DNA Biosensors
Natural Competence




rcooper@ucsd.edu

Dr. Robert Cooper

Undergraduate Researchers

  • Johanna Cao, Class of 2028
  • Deniz Erkok, Class of 2026
  • Hannah Bai, Class of 2026
  • Jianing Chen, Class of 2026
  • Luxika Sikaryn, Class of 2026
  • William Hoefer, Class of 2025

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