List of Researchers for Biological Engieering
Here is a list of professors in biological engineering, synthetic biology, or related fields, with their landmark publications where they are listed as first or corresponding authors. These researchers have contributed significantly to fields like CRISPR gene editing, synthetic biology, protein design, and systems biology.
- Feng Zhang - MIT, Massachusetts
- Landmark Paper: “Genome editing with CRISPR-Cas systems” (Science, 2013)
- Link to Lab
- Jennifer Doudna - University of California, Berkeley, California
- Landmark Paper: “A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity” (Science, 2012)
- Link to Lab
- David Baker - University of Washington, Washington
- Landmark Paper: “Accurate design of co-assembling multi-component protein nanomaterials” (Nature, 2016)
- Link to Lab
- These professors span a wide range of relevant areas from molecular engineering and synthetic biology to computational biology and gene regulation, each offering a unique perspective that would be valuable in exploring biological engineering’s many interdisciplinary facets.