Biography

I am a postdoctoral associate at MIT co-advised by Katie Galloway and Christopher Voigt. My current research centers on developing delivery technologies to achieve scalable, targeted, and efficient human genome engineering. My PhD work focused on engineering acoustically targeted gene delivery that enables ultrasound mediated non-invasive, site-specific, cell type-specific transgene delivery to the brain in various animal models. My long-term research goal is to build interfacing platforms for non-invasive surveillance and modulation of brain-wide neural activities through genetic engineering and biomolecular ultrasound. Beyond molecular brain-machine interface, I am fascinated in tackling degenerative diseases, and eventually achieving organismal longevity, through fine tuning or reprogramming human cell state using human genome editing tools we developed.

Interests
  • Neuroengineering
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Biomolecular Ultrasound
  • Material Science
  • Tissue Engineering
Education
  • PhD in Biology & Biological Engineering, 2025

    California Institute of Technology

  • BSc in Biomedical Engineering, 2017

    Washington University in St. Louis

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nov 2025 – Present Cambridge, MA
Automated large-DNA insertion into human chromosomes.
 
 
 
 
 
PhD Candidate
Jan 2020 – Sep 2025 Pasadena, CA
Thesis: Acoustically targeted gene delivery for non-invasive neuroengineering
 
 
 
 
 
Research Associate
Jan 2016 – May 2018 St. Louis, MO
Utilizing the microfluidic platform supporting in vitro functional arteriole maturation developed in previous tissue engineering project, to explore the role of endothelial FGFR1/2 signaling in the pathogenesis of neonatal hypoxemia-related pulmonary hypertension.
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
Sep 2014 – May 2017 St. Louis, MO
Determined the independent roles of shear, normal, and circumferential stress in the maturation of a capillary into an arteriole via developing a microfluidic platform to tissue engineer functional arterioles using fluid-flow-derived mechanical forces. The platform is also being used to gain a deeper understanding of vessel maturation mechanisms.
 
 
 
 
 
Research Associate
Jan 2015 – May 2018 St. Louis, MO
Applied Parameterized Diastolic Filling (PDF) formalism, a lumped kinematic model based on heart working as a suction pump, to evaluate diastolic ventricular function in human subject for early detection of drug toxicity.
 
 
 
 
 
Lab Manager & Researcher (Advisor since 2014)
Jan 2014 – Dec 2015 St. Louis, MO
Using synthetic biology to distinguish/overcome regulatory functional barriers related to N2 fixation by genetically engineering hybrid promoters and Nif Clusters from Cynotheces strains to transfer E. coli strains and enable N2 fixation.

Contact