run a biological engineering laboratory with approximately 15 full-time researchers; teach undergraduate and graduate students

I wanted to design and construct useful things

applied biology research biomolecular design cloning, recombinant DNA programming cellular behavior

training and mentoring young engineers and scientists

believing in myself, my dreams

supportive family - mom and dad encourage me to follow my dreams; older sister and brother-in-law; younger brother; new and beautiful niece

1-2 years: develop a framework for constructing molecules that will allow us to broadly process and act on information inside living systems

parents

University of Southern California, BS Chemical Engineering with a minor in Biology University of California, Berkeley, PhD Chemical Engineering