The Programmable Biology Group
We develop generative algorithms and experimental platforms
for the design of next-generation biologics.
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Our Research
Our Team
We program biology to do what we want.

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
University of Pennsylvania
MIT (SB '16, SM '18, PhD '20)
Co-Founder of Gameto, Inc.
Co-Founder of UbiquiTx, Inc.

Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD (Fudan '20)

PhD Student
BS (UNC '24)

PhD Student
BS (Fudan '25)

Undergraduate
Penn '27

Undergraduate
Yale '26

PhD Student
BS (Georgia Tech '22)

PhD Student - Duke
BS (SUNY Binghamton '20)

Visiting PhD Student - Duke
BS (ECJTU '23)

Undergraduate
Duke '27

Undergraduate
Princeton '27

PhD Student
BS (Duke '23)

PhD Student - Duke NUS
BS (UC Davis '20)

Visting Masters Student - Duke
BS (Emory '24)

Undergraduate
Duke '27

Undergraduate
Princeton '29
Our Alumni
Masters Students
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Tianlai (Leo) Chen, MS (Duke '24) → PhD Student at Harvard
Research Associates
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Rio Watson, MS (KyotoU '23) → PhD Student at NTU Singapore
Undergraduate Students​
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Sabrina Koseki, BA (Wellesley '22) → PhD Student at Penn
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Kalyan Palepu, AB (Harvard '23) → ML Engineer at D.E. Shaw Research
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Garyk Brixi, AB (Harvard '23) → PhD Student at Stanford (NSF GRFP)
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Emma Tysinger, SB (MIT '23) → Data Science Engineer at :probabl.
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Teodora Stan, SB (MIT '24) → Software Engineer at Codex Health
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Suhaas Bhat, AB (Harvard '24) → PhD Student at Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
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Benji Schussheim, BS (Duke '24) → Software Engineer at Microsoft
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Leyao Wang, BS (Vanderbilt '25) → MS Student at Yale
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Kseniia Kholina, BS (Duke '25) → ML Engineer at Ormoni Biosciences
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Pranay Vure, BS (Duke '25) → PhD Student at Penn (NSF GRFP)
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Rishab Pulugurta, BS (Duke '25) → Research Associate at NYU
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Srikar Kavirayuni, BS (Duke '25) → 4+1 MS Student at Duke
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Shubhika Munot, BS (Duke '25) → Research Scientist at BillionToOne
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Ishaan Mehrotra, BS (Duke '25) → 4+1 MS Student at Duke
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Our News and Highlights
Check out our publications here!



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Contact Us!
Center for Precision Engineering for Health
University of Pennsylvania
One uCity Square, 10th Floor
25 North 38th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104