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Khalid Salaita is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University. He obtained his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2006, where he investigated electrochemical properties of organic adsorbates on patterned gold films. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, where he researched the role of receptor clustering in modulating cell signaling. Since 2009, he has led his own research lab at Emory University, focusing on the use of nucleic acids as molecular force sensors and the development of synthetic motors and smart drugs. His independent work has earned him several prestigious awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Early Career Award. He also directs the Center for Probes in Molecular Mechanotechnology and serves as an Associate Editor for Smart Materials. His research program has received support from the NSF, NIH, and DARPA, with a focus on molecular, cellular, and tissue biomechanics.
Emory University • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Director of the laboratory focusing on molecular force sensors and their applications in cell signaling.
Part of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS). GRE is not required.