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Hernan G. Garcia obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003. He moved to Caltech where he earned his PhD in Physics in 2011, working in the laboratory of Rob Phillips. From 2011 to 2014, he undertook a postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at Princeton University, working in the lab of Thomas Gregor as a Dicke Fellow and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award Scientific Interface Fellow. In 2015, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Garcia's research interests center around the study of living matter, particularly how single cells develop into multicellular organisms. He employs fruit flies and combines classical model systems with new technologies to provide insights into cellular decision-making during development, linking macroscopic body part specification to non-equilibrium molecular-scale processes in single cells. His ultimate goal is to produce predictive understanding of developmental programs that could allow for rational control of biological size, shape, and function.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Conducts research and teaches in the fields of biophysics, genetics, genomics, and developmental biology.
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