Profiles
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro is a Professor at Imperial College London, where he leads a research group working on Engineering Biology and sustainability. He is the director of the Bezos Centre for […]
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Josh Wentzel is the Assistant Director of the Biosecurity and Pandemic Policy Center, part of the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs at the Texas A&M Bush School of Government & […]
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Mark Bathe is a Professor in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT, a Member of the Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine, and an Associate Member of the […]
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Dr. Zhang’s work integrates genetic engineering, electrochemistry, and device design to develop living microbial systems for bioelectronics and functional biomaterials.
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Dr. Christopher Hoover (Chris) is Senior Program Manager for Special Projects at EBRC where he is focused on promoting safe and responsible uses of engineering biology in health, agriculture, biosecurity, […]
More →Christian Euler
I am a metabolic engineer and systems biologist with research interests primarily focused on finding/developing novel biological pathways for waste upcycling. My group does “full stack” metabolic engineering, from in […]
More →Jon Judd
Jon Judd is a postdoctoral scholar at the Engineering Biology Research Consortium (EBRC). He earned his Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford University, where he worked with Drs. Jonathan Pritchard, John […]
More →Dalton George
Dalton George is a Program Manager at the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, focusing on Innovation and Society. Prior to EBRC, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar for the School of Biomedical […]
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Jon Arizti Sanz is a Schmidt Science Fellow in the Hill-Maini Lab at Stanford University. His research work at Stanford involves engineering fungi to transform agricultural and food waste into […]
More →Leah Davis
Leah is a postdoctoral research fellow in bioengineering and marine biotechnology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Her current work centers on the development of rapid, in-situ whole-cell […]
More →Yunqing Wang
Yunqing Wang is a bioengineering PhD candidate in the Demirer Lab at Caltech. Her research focuses on developing plant genome engineering tools and engineering plant-microbe communication channels. As Mentorship Chair, […]
More →Abhishek Kumar Sen
Abhishek Kumar Sen earned his Ph.D. in Cellular, Molecular, and Structural Biology from Miami University in 2025. He brings over 8 years of combined research experience across academia and industry, […]
More →Ruixue Zhang
Ruixue is a Ph.D. candidate in Prof. Fuzhong Zhang’s Lab at Washington University in St. Louis. Ruixue specializes in bacterial stress response mechanisms, utilizing advanced gene engineering techniques, microscopy, and […]
More →Talia Jacobson
Talia is a Ph.D. student advised by Catalin Voiniciuc at the University of Florida, where her research focuses on utilizing synthetic yeast systems to understand and engineer plant cell wall […]
More →Alberto Donayre
Dr. Alberto J. Donayre-Torres is a Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, Peru. He holds a Ph.D. in Plant Genetics and […]
More →Joy Y. Zhang
Joy Y. Zhang is a Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice (GSEJ) at the University of Kent. Her research examines evolving […]
More →Guillaume Cottarel
Guillaume earned his PhD in Molecular Biology and Microbiology from the University of Giessen in Germany. With over twenty-five years of extensive experience in the biotechnology sector, he has demonstrated […]
More →Arjun Khakhar
My group focuses on using synthetic control systems to re-engineer plants, filamentous fungi, and viruses. I am passionate about fighting global hunger and malnutrition. My major hobbies are cooking, making […]
More →Romel Menacho
Dr. Romel Menacho-Melgar earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University under the mentorship of Dr. Michael D. Lynch. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Roke […]
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