Diversity Database

Diversity of people and thought is woven into EBRC’s fabric and key to research advancement in academia, industry, government, and non-profit research institutions. Engineering biology’s ambitious aims can only be realized by a research community whose diversity reflects that of the communities it endeavors to benefit. It is the responsibility of every member of EBRC to consider, develop, and advance practices that best promote diversity and inclusion. EBRC provides diversity and inclusion resources to our community, including a database of women speakers, “Women in Engineering Biology”, and STEM-focused diversity and inclusion blogs, websites and articles.

Women in Engineering Biology

EBRC encourages organizers of scientific meetings, scientific review panels, and university symposia/lecture series to have a balanced representation of women and men. Recognizing that balanced gender representation at the podium or in the review process makes for a better and more interesting outcome, EBRC provides organizers with a list of outstanding women in relevant fields to consider as invitees and reviewers.

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Name	Affiliation	Location	Areas of Expertise
Alanna Schepartz	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	chemical biology, synthetic biology, ribosome engineering, protein delivery
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg	Royal College of Art, London	London, England	art-science collaboration, interdisciplinary collaborations, design
Alicia Jackson	Drawbridge Health	San Francisco, CA	material engineering, nanotechnology, advanced materials, self-healing materials
Angela Belcher	MIT	Cambridge, MA	directed evolution, material engineering, hybrid materials, self-assembly, electronic materials, magnetic materials
Anne Meyer	University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	3D bacteria printing, bacterial production of materials, engineered biofilms
Anne Osbourn	John Innes Centre	Norwich, England	plant synthetic biology, metabolic pathway engineering
Arti Rai	Duke University	Durham, NC	intellectual property, policy, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals
Betul Kacar	NASA Astrobiology Institute and Georgia Tech	Boston, MA	ancestral sequence reconstruction, experimental evolution, phylogenetics, evolutionary biochemistry, science communication, astrobiology
Caroline Ajo-Franklin	Berkeley Lab	Berkeley, CA	carbon capture, bio-solar energy generation, electronic materials, mineralization of carbonates, self assembly of S-layer proteins, nanostructure assembly
Caroline Peres	DuPont (Genencor)	Palo Alto, CA	microbial physiology, fermentation engineering, metabolic engineering, molecular biology
Carolyn Bertozzi	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	bioorthogonal chemistry, glycomics, biochemistry, organic synthesis, biopolymers, cell-cell communication
Christina Agapakis	Ginkgo Bioworks	Cambridge, MA	synthetic biology, microbial ecology, art-science collaboration, science communication
Claire Marris	King's College London	London, England	social studies of science and technology, STS, policy, risk assessment, public decisionmaking
Claudia Vickers	CSIRO	Brisbane, Australia	synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, isoprenoids, terpenoids, yeast
Cosima Dufour-Schroif	L'Oreal	Île-de-France, France	metabolic engineering, pharmaceuticals
Cynthia Collins	RPI	Troy, NY	synthetic biology, quorum sensing, biofilm formation, cell-cell communication, directed evolution
Danielle Tullman-Ercek	Northwestern	Evanston, IL	Protein engineering, microbial systems, virus-like particles, biomaterials, compartmentalization, secretion
Deepti Tanjore	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Domitilla Del Vecchio	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elisa Franco	University of California, Los Angeles
Ellen Jorgensen	Genspace NYC	Brooklyn, NY	DIYbio, citizen science, science literacy, synthetic biology, molecular biology
Emily Balskus	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	microbial chemistry, microbial communities, human microbiota, novel enzymes, biocompatible chemistry
Emma Frow	Arizona State University	Edinburgh, England	synthetic biology, science & technology studies, engineering studies, standard-setting, design and values
Francesca Ceroni	Imperial College London	London, England	genetic devices, design rules, microRNAs
Gigi Gronvall	Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Grace Paradise	Givaudan Flavors	Cincinnati, OH	flavorings, natural products, chemistry, organic chemistry
Heba Sailem	Univrsity of Oxford	London	Phenotypic screening, Image analysis, Cancer Biology, Deep Learning, Multi-omics, Multiplexing
Irene Otero-Muras	IIM-CSIC Spanish National Research Council	36209 Vigo, Spain	computational tools for synthetic biology, automated biorcircuit design, computational systems biology, biochemical networks, optimization
Jackie Quinn	Google	San Francisco, CA	bioengineering, design languages, computer aided design, computational tools
Jaline Gerardin	Intellectual Ventures	Seattle, WA	biological sciences, biochemistry, biophysics, models, antimalarial drugs, systems biology, computational biology
Jane Calvert	University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, England	science and technology studies, sociology of science, philosophy of biology, science policy, engineering studies, synthetic biology, systems biology
Jennifer Doudna	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	CRISPR, translational control, RNAi
Joanna Aizenberg	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	bioinspired materials, slippery surfaces, adaptive hybrid architectures, self-assembly, bionanointerfaces, crystal growth, nanostructured surfaces
Joelle Pelletier	University of Montreal	Montreal, QB, Canada	molecular modeling, enzymology, protein engineering, directed evolution
June Medford	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CA	plant synthetic biology, synthetic biology, signal transduction, biosensors, biofuels
Karmella Haynes-Farrell	Arizona State University	Tempe, AZ	epigenetics, transcription factors, chromatin engineering
Kate Galloway	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	gene circuits, cellular reprogramming, cell-fate engineering
Kathleen Vogel	North Carolina State University	Durham, NC	policy, biosecurity, defense applications
Kristala Prather	MIT	Cambridge, MA	metabolic engineering, metabolic flux, bioprocess engineering
Laura Segatori	Rice University	Houston, TX	gene circuits, unfolded protein response
Linda Chrisey	U.S. Office of Naval Research	Arlington, VA	biosensors, biomaterials, novel circuits, defense applications
Linda Griffith	MIT	Cambridge, MA	systems engineering, tissue engineering, drug development, biomaterials, scaffolds
Linda Kahl	BioBricks Foundation	Stanford, CA	intellectual property, ownership sharing & innovation, law
Maitreya Dunham	University of Washington	Seattle, WA	genome evolution, experimental evolution, yeast, comparative genomics
Marilene Pavan Rodrigues	Boston University	Boston, MA	biotechnology, synthetic biology, computational biology
Mary Dunlop	Boston University	Boston, MA	control theory, stochastic gene expression, gene regulatory networks, feedback
Megan Palmer	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	biosafety, biosecurity, leadership, science policy
Melissa Rhoads	Lockheed Martin	Washington, DC	biological sciences, cell and molecular biology, project management, systems engineering, technical writing, team building
Michele Garfinkle	EMBO	Washington, DC	science policy, scientific publishing, stem cell policy, genomic technologies, research integrity
Michelle Chang	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	metabolic pathway engineering, biofuels, biochemistry, chemical biology, synthetic biology, pharmaceuticals
Natalie Kuldell	BioBuilder Educational Foundation
Outi Koivistoinen	VTT Technology for Business	Espoo, Finland	biotechnology, microbiology, molecular biology, bio-based chemicals, biopolymers
Pamela Peralta-Yahya	Georgia Tech	Altanta, GA	metabolic engineering, chemical synthesis, biosensors, biofuels, alkaloids, microbial synthesis
R. Alta Charo	University of Wisconsin
Radha Krishnakumar	Intrexon Corporation	Washington, DC	synthetic biology, whole genome engineering, DNA assembly, cancer therapy
Renee Wegrzyn	Ginkgo Bioworks	Boston, MA	biosecurity, bioeconomy, pandemics, gene editing, gene therapies, biofoundries, diagnostics
Samira Kiana	Arizona State University	Tempe, AZ	synthetic biology, genetic devices, genetic circuits, CRISPR, genetic engineering
Sarah Munro	NIST	Stanford, CA	synthetic biology, biomedical measurement science
Stephanie Culler	Genomatica	San Diego, CA	metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, sustainable chemical production, applied microbiology, systems biology, RNA splicing, microbiology
Susan Marqusee	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	protein engineering, protein folding, structural biology, biophysics
Suzanne Lee	Modern Meadow	Brooklyn, NY	biomaterials, design, art-science collaboration, sustainability
Tanja Kortemme	UCSF	San Francisco, CA	computational biology, computational tools, modeling, protein engineering
Theresa Good	U.S. National Science Foundation	Washington, DC	synthetic biology, NSF, policy, government, research strategy
Yvonne Chen	University of California, Los Angeles

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