We utilize experimental and computational approaches to understand and engineer biological molecules, materials, processes, and systems. We are developing new technologies for disease prevention and treatment, producing materials and processes for tissue and organ regeneration, advancing an integrated understanding of living systems, and designing multi-scale processes to produce fuels and materials from biological sources. Accomplishing these goals involves collaboration with researchers in the biological, biochemical, and medical sciences.
Representative Topics
Synthetic biology, protein and pathway engineering, drug design and delivery, controlled release, biointerfaces, anti-viral strategies, systems biology, blood flow.