Research Activities
Engineering small conditional DNAs and RNAs for signal transduction in vitro, in situ, and in vivo; computational algorithms for the analysis and design of nucleic acid systems; programmable molecular instruments for readout and regulation of cell state.
Honors and Awards
Rozenberg Tulip Award, 2020
74th Eastman Professor, University of Oxford, 2016–2017
Professorial Fellow, Balliol College, University of Oxford, 2016–2017
Guggenheim Fellow, 2014–2015
Christensen Fellow, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 2014
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2005
Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Teaching Award, 2002, 2006
Fox Prize in Numerical Analysis, First Prize, 1999
Rhodes Scholarship, Hertz Fellowship, National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1993
Valedictorian, Princeton University, 1993