Computational/experimental biophysicist specializing in protein design, molecular simulation, and thermodynamics. Interested in the application of macromolecular design and structural bioinformatics to targets of industrial or therapeutic utility. Personal special interests in macromolecular machines, the nature and origins of conformational ensembles, and the roles of electric fields in protein function.I received my Ph.D. in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry from UCSD for my work using molecular dynamics to elucidate the physical bases for anomalous physical properties in designed protein materials. I carried out experimental characterization of these materials and used results from both aspects of my project to inform the other, building a holistic understanding of this system and enabling me to produce switches, sensors, and novel types of biomolecular assemblies.I was then an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Scholar in the Kortemme lab working on the de novo design of energy-consuming protein switches that utilize a novel biophysical mechanism for energy transduction before moving to my current position as Senior Scientist at Prescient Design, a Genentech accelerator.Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oHEGV3cAAAAJORCID: 0000-0002-6655-8811