PhD Candidate
Duke University Biomedical Engineering
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Daniel is a 5th year PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering in the Chilkoti lab at Duke University. Daniel's research focuses on creating synthetic membrane-less organelles using using the protein biomaterials developed in the Chilkoti lab. He has shown that sequestering a target mRNA in a synthetic organelle can enhance its translation in E. coli, and has also shown that the properties and subcellular organization of synthetic organelles can be tuned in mammalian cells. Daniel double-majored in Physics and Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology at Yale, receiving his B.S. in 2018. At Yale, Daniel worked in the Isaacs and Malvankar labs, creating electrically conductive protein nanowires using Synthetic Biology methods. Outside of the lab, Daniel is involved in Life Sciences Venture capital, having worked at Duke Capital Partners, Insight Partners, and Civilization Ventures. After receiving his PhD, Daniel hopes to go into startups - either with his own, joining another one, or working at an accelerator or seed-stage VC Firm. In his free time Daniel enjoys hanging out with his friends, performing jazz music with his band, and playing sports.
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Friday, October 25, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST