Education
- PhD, 2010, Harvard University
- SB, 2004, Physics, National Tsinghua University
Research Summary
We seek to understand the optimization of bacterial proteomes at both mechanistic and systems levels. Our work combines high-precision assays, genome-wide measurements, and quantitative/biophysical modeling. Ongoing projects focus on the design principles of transcription, translation, and RNA maturation machineries in the face of competing cellular processes.
Awards
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Smith Odyssey Award, 2020
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MIT Committed to Caring Award, 2020
- NSF Career Award, 2019
- Pew Biomedical Scholar, 2017
- Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, 2017
- NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigator Research Award, 2017
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2016
- Searle Scholar, 2016
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award, 2013
