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Rebecca Schulman is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, where she holds the Kent Gordon Croft Investment Management Faculty Scholar title. Her research focuses on DNA self-assembly, smart biomaterials, and synthetic biology, integrating concepts from materials science, biochemistry, circuit design, and soft matter physics. Schulman's group develops intelligent adaptive biomolecular materials and nanostructures, utilizing DNA nanotechnology to design complex molecular self-assembly processes. She explores the creation of molecular ‘circuits’ that incorporate chemical information and develop smart sensors for various applications. Schulman’s innovations have led to new techniques for dynamic biomaterials and enhanced devices for biologists. She has received several prestigious awards including the AIMBE Fellowship Award and the NSF CAREER Award. Schulman obtained her undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her PhD in Computation and Neural Systems from the California Institute of Technology.
Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering • Baltimore, MD
Conducting research and teaching in the areas of DNA self-assembly and synthetic biology.
Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.