Christian Cuba Samaniego

Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

I received my BS degree in Mechatronic Eng. from National University of Engineering (UNI-Peru). I obtained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Riverside (UCR) under the supervision of Elisa Franco in 2017. I held a postdoctoral scholar with Ron Weiss at MIT (2017), Elisa Franco at UCLA (2019), Ming-Ru Wu at Harvard/DFCI (2023). In Fall 2024, I will join the Computational Biology Department at Carnegie Mellon University. I work at the intersection among Control Theory, Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology. I am specially interested in the design, analysis and applications of biomolecular feedback control systems and molecular neural networks for decision-making in living cells. To create a community that connects mathematical theories, models, and biomolecular experiments, I co-organize a Seminar on Biological Control Systems. it focuses on applications of mathematical modeling and control systems to biology. We host monthly talks featuring our members and invited guests.