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Prof. Voigt obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the California Institute of Technology. He continued with postdoctoral research in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His academic career commenced as an Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of California-San Francisco. In 2011, Chris Voigt joined the Department of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor. His research focuses on pushing the boundaries of genetic engineering, specifically through next-generation technologies enabling DNA host manipulation for more ambitious biotechnology projects. He aims to develop new experimental and theoretical methods to enhance scale genetic engineering, with a broad range of applications across agriculture, materials, chemicals, and medicine.
Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Joined the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT, focusing on genetic engineering and synthetic biology.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California-San Francisco • San Francisco, CA
Commenced academic career in the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry and bioengineering.