The DNA and Natural Algorithms Group

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Erik Winfree
Professor of CMS, CNS, and BE
Algorithms in Nature
204b Moore, x6246, winfreecaltech.edu
Cameron Chalk
Postdoc, BE (BS & MS, Computer Science, UT Pan-Am / Rio Grand Valley, 2015/2017; PhD, ECE, UT Austin, 2022)
tile self-assembly theory, strand displacement circuits, CRNs, neural networks
204d Moore, ctchalkcaltech.edu
Yancheng Du
Postdoc, BE (Mechanical Engingeering, Tsinghua, 2017; PhD, Mechanical Engingeering, Purdue, 2023)
molecular motors, DNA origami, DNA condensates
204c Moore, duyc190caltech.edu
Daichi Hayakawa
Postdoc, BE (BE & ME, Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 2015/2017; PhD, Physics, Brandeis University, 2024)
equilibrium/non-equilibrium self-assembly, DNA origami, strand displacement circuits
204c Moore, hayakawacaltech.edu
Salvador Buse
Graduate Student, BE (BA & MSci, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2020)
systems & synthetic biology, pattern formation & morphogenesis
210b Moore, sbusecaltech.edu
Sandra Temgoua
Graduate Student, BE (BASc, Biomedical Engineering, Yale, 2023)
liquid-liquid phase separation
210c Moore, stemgouacaltech.edu
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Martin Holmes
Graduate Student, BE -- co-advised with primary advisor Lulu Qian (BS, Bioengineering, Caltech, 2023)
DNA strand displacement circuits, oscillating CRNs
104C Keck, msholmescaltech.edu
Inhoo Lee
Schmidt Academy Scholar (BS, Computer Science, Caltech, 2024)
biomolecular Boltzmann machines, differentiable programming, neural reaction-diffusion
210b Moore, illeecaltech.edu
Ritali Jain
Undergraduate (Applied Mathematics, Caltech)
nucleation, tile assembly, forward flux sampling
210a Moore, ritalicaltech.edu
Lyann Lau
Administrative Assistant
Moore 304, x2483, llaucaltech.edu





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