Join us to study microlife as a physicist/biologist/engineer at CMU!
Our drive is to discover “biological laws” that can help us understand living systems in a quantitatively precise way. Towards this goal, we develop/adapt tools, do rigorous measurements, and define new concepts. We are currently searching for simple yet fundamental rules connecting the complicated form of bacterial cells and their fitness in different environments. Learn more…
News
4/6/26 - We are excited that our new postdoc member, Zhaofei Zheng, joined us to study bacteria's responses to environmental perturbations!
8/29/25 - We welcome our new graduate student Xiaochen Wang who will combine his interests in both theories and experiments to explore the laws of life!
4/17/25 - Jiayi Wang, recently graduated from Jason Butler's lab at the University of Florida, will join us as a postdoc in August. Welcome, Jiayi!
9/6/24 - We welcome Patrick Xue to our lab for undergraduate research! Patrick will explore bacteria's life in sub-optimal environments.