Patrick Caveney, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Researching the effects of the physical environment and resource sharing on gene expression dynamics.• Confining crude and PURE cell-free systems in microfluidic chambers and lipid vesicles.• Fabricating PDMS microfluidic masters and devices in a Class 100 and Class 1000 cleanroom.• Imaging fluorescent protein production in chambers and vesicles on fluorescent and confocal microscopes.• Analyzing images to extract data about protein production• Processing signals to understand dynamics and distributions of protein expression.• Presented “Noise Analysis of Confined Cell-free Protein Production” poster at the 2014 ONRL Postdoc Symposium• Presented “Noise Analysis of Confined Cell-free Protein Production” poster at the 2014 ONRL CNMS User Meeting• Presented “Noise in Confined Cell-free Reactions” poster at the SEED 2015 Conference• Presented “Effects of Resource Sharing on Gene Expression Dynamics” poster at the SEED 2016 Conference• Presented “Resource Sharing Controls Gene Expression Bursting” poster at the 2017 Stochastic Physics in Biology Gordon Research Conference• Presented “Controlling Cell-Free Gene Expression Level and Dynamics by Tuning Molecular Transport across Lipid Membranes” and a Rapid Fire slide at the SEED 2019 conference.

• Licensed 3 exclusive patents from ORNL to use thermophilic bacteria to ferment nanoparticles• Received $250,000 grant from U.S. Department of Energy’s Small Business Vouchers Pilot to improve efficiency• Presented "Biological Production of Quantum Dot Material" talk at Quantum Dot Forum 2017• Improved quantum efficiency 20x

• 501(c)(3) Non-profit to allow more independent support of TEDxUTK• Founded and run by students of University of Tennessee. Financially supported locally.• tedxutk.com

• Designing, building, and characterizing genetic circuits• Learning basic synthetic biology and metabolic engineering techniques• Used finite element analysis to predict the properties of nanocomposite materials• Designed computer experiments to forecast the effects of nanoparticle size, properties, and density

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Energy Science Engineering, 3.88/4.00

Activities and Societies: Bredesen Center Energy Science Engineering Fellow Bredesen Center First Step Award Bredesen Center Outreach.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering, 3.81/4.00

Education record