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Corey J. Wilson, PhD

Professor
AIMBE Fellow (Class of 2021)
Love Family Endowed Professor
NSF Growing Convergence Research Investigator
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology


CURRENT MEMBERS

sam

Sam Gowland, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
sgowland@gatech.edu

Project: Bio-manufacturing

Zachary

Zachary Herde

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
zherde3@gatech.edu

Project: Mapping Allosteric Communication

brian

Brian Huang

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
bhuang87@gatech.edu

Project: Engineering Microbiome

ashley

Ashley Hersey

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
ahersey6@gatech.edu

Project: Expanding Biotic Decision Making

valerie

Valerie Kay

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
vkay3@gatech.edu

Project: Reconciling Alternate Allosteric Communication

dawon

Dowan Kim

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
dkim830@gatech.edu

Project: Biological Security

prasad

Prasaad Milner

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
prasaadmilner@gatech.edu

Project: Biological Unit Operation Development

sumin

Sumin Lee

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
slee3383@gatech.edu

Project: Chassis Cell Development

ziqiao

Ziqiao Zhang

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
ziqiao.zhang@gatech.edu

Project: Biological Circuit Abstraction

yongjoon

Yongjoon Yu

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
yyu457@gatech.edu

Project: Bioelectronics

ishita

Ishita Kumar

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
ikumar6@gatech.edu

Project: Biosecurity

raja

Raja Selvakumar

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
rselvak6@gatech.edu

Project: Synthetic Communication

glory

Glory J. Onajobi

Graduate Research Assistant (MS/ PhD)
gonajobi3@gatech.edu

Project: Living Therapeutics

andre

Andre Berry

Graduate Research Assistant (MS/ PhD)
aberry48@gatech.edu

Project: TBA

caitlyn

Caitlyn Davis

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
cdavis385@gatech.edu

Project: TBA

arezou

Arezou Fadaei Tehran

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
atehran3@gatech.edu

Project: Engineering Intelligent Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

jay

Junghwan (Jay) Lee

Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
jlee3541@gatech.edu

Project: Applying ML Methods to Developing Protein Design Rules


FACULTY AFFILIATES

matthew

Matthew Realff, PhD

Professor, GT School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

fumin

Fumin Zhang, PhD

Professor, GT School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

nammy

Nammy Vedire, PhD

VP, Enterprise Alliances
MetaCX


ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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Marlene Smith

Administrator

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Helen Robinson

Administrator

ALUMNI

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Andrew Short, Ph.D.
Graduation Year: 2023
Thesis: Interception of Recombinase Function: Repurposing Transcription Factors as Post-Translational Regulators of Genetic Memory
Current Position: Associate Director of Venture Development, Georgia Research Alliance

Thomas M. Groseclose, Ph.D.
Graduation Year: 2021
Thesis: Engineering Systems of Anti-Repressors for Next-Generation Transcriptional Programming
Current Position: Scientist, Los Alamos National Labs

Ronald E. Rondon, Ph.D.
Graduation Year: 2020
Thesis: Developing A Transcriptional Programming Edifice Using Systems Of Engineered Transcription Factors
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Pfizer

David Richard, Ph.D.
MB&B** Graduation Year: 2017
Thesis: Flipping the Switch – Engineering Inverted Function in the Lactose Repressor
Current Position: Scientist at startup

Peter Tobin, Ph.D.
CE* Graduation Year: 2014
Thesis: Engineering P. aeruginosa Azurin for Energy and Electron Transfer
Current Position: Commissioner's Fellow FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Randy Callender, Ph.D.
CE* Graduation Year: 2019
Project: Assessment of antigen-specific T-cell immune responses using microfluidic and nanoribbon platforms
Current Position: Scientist at BIC

Doyle J. Bean
CE* Graduation Year: 2012
Project: Designing temperature-adapted enzyme function

Roee Ramot
CE* Graduation Year: 2011
Project: Engineering alternate allosteric communication

CE* - Chemical Engineering
MB&B** - Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

POST DOCTORAL SCHOLARS

James Davey, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Georgia Tech ChBE 2016-2022)
Project Description: Resource Partitioning in Synthetic Biology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

Stanley C. Howell, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Yale CEE 2011-2013)
Project Description: Enzyme Design, Oxidation Resistant Protein
Current Position: Entrepreneur

Krishna Kishore Inampudi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Yale CEE 2009-2012)
Project Description: Biosensor Design, Electron Transfer Protein Design
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Swathi Amere, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (Yale CEE 2008-2010)
Project Description: Biosensor Design