Jennifer Brophy

Jenn is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering. She received her BS in bioengineering from UC Berkeley and PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT. As a graduate student, she worked with Chris Voigt and Alan Grossman to develop a tool for engineering undomesticated Gram positive bacteria. As a postdoc, she transitioned to plant biology and worked with José Dinneny at Stanford to engineer spatial patterns of gene expression across plant tissues using synthetic genetic circuits. She is interested in developing synthetic biology technologies that enable the genetic engineering of plants and their associated microbes with the goal of driving innovation in agriculture for a sustainable future.