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Jenn Brophy is an Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at Stanford University. Her lab focuses on developing technologies for genetic engineering of plants and associated microbes, aiming to uncover mechanisms for environmental stress resilience and driving innovation in sustainable agriculture. Jenn received her B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009, followed by a Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016. During her doctoral studies, she developed tools for engineering non-model bacteria. Following her Ph.D., Jenn pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, where she worked in collaboration with José Dinneny on engineering spatial patterns of gene expression in plant tissues using synthetic genetic circuits. Her research particularly emphasizes synthetic biology in reprogramming plant development to enhance environmental stress tolerance.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering focusing on innovative agricultural technologies.
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