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Marc Ostermeier is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, known for his work in protein engineering, synthetic biology, and protein evolution. He serves as the vice-chair of the department and is the director of the graduate program. Ostermeier is a faculty member of Johns Hopkins' Chemistry-Biology Interface Program and the Molecular Biophysics Program. His research group focuses on understanding the principles of natural evolution to design novel proteins and cells using directed evolution. His work has led to innovations in directed evolution technologies, resulting in the development of novel proteins and protein switches that can instruct cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer drug proteins and modify DNA within live cells. Ostermeier's lab was among the early developers of deep mutational scanning techniques that quantify the effects of thousands of mutations in a single experiment, enhancing the understanding of how mutations shape protein evolution. In recognition of his contributions, he was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021 and a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2014. He is also a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and holds seven patents for his work in the field.
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Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD
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