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Ilya J. Finkelstein is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary research interests revolve around the development of biophysical tools to understand molecular machines and the mechanisms of genome repair and editing. Finkelstein's current work focuses on CRISPR adaptive immunity, mammalian gene editing, and the essential processes of genome maintenance. His interdisciplinary research program combines single-molecule biophysics with high-throughput assays and micro-/nano-scale engineering to explore how organisms maintain and edit their genomic integrity. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University, where he trained as a graduate student from 2001 to 2007, and subsequently completed postdoctoral research at Columbia University Medical Center. Finkelstein has received several prestigious awards including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the CPRIT Fellow in Cancer Research. He is actively involved in various interdisciplinary life sciences initiatives and has a strong commitment to academic excellence and innovation in research.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Conduct research and teach in the Department of Molecular Biosciences.
Columbia University Medical Center • New York, NY
Conducted research in molecular biophysics and genome maintenance.
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