Rate Professor Erik Winfree

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Erik Winfree earned his BS from the University of Chicago in 1991 and his PhD from Caltech in 1998.

Research Interests: His research focuses on DNA computing, molecular programming, and synthetic biology.

Appointments: Professor of Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems, and Bioengineering at Caltech.

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (2000), NSF CAREER Award.

Publications: Co-authored seminal papers on DNA nanotechnology in Nature.

Additional Contributions: Winfree develops algorithms for self-assembling nanostructures.