- Python/Cython, MATLAB, LaTeX, Fortran, C, HYSYS/Aspen, Visual Basic, Mathematica, VMD, Sequence Scanner, ApE, Windows, Office, Google Docs, OBS
- Monte Carlo simulations, diffusion modeling, statistical analysis, Rosenbluth reweighting, Fourier analysis, stochastic modeling, optimization, PCA
Laboratory:
- Aseptic technique, chem lab safety, experimental design, organic/analytical chemical methods, titration/buffering, reagent preparation, lab maintenance/management
- Cell culture of microbials incl. E. coli, S. cerevisiae; fermentation; tissue culture, HeLa; Drosophila
- Molecular cloning techniques incl. DNA/RNA isolation, PCR/primer design, digestion/ligation, sequencing; in vitro translation; RNase-free environment; biochemical purification
- Plasmid transformation: Heat shock, chemical competence, electrocompetence
- Benchtop fermentor assembly, maintenance, and operation
- Spectrophotometry, HPLC, flow cytometry, fluorescent spectroscopy, gel electrophoresis, optical microscopy, column separations, AFM
Knowledge:
- Gene circuit design, metabolic engineering, biochemical process engineering, prokaryotic biology, translation/ribosomes, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms, protein engineering, bioinformatics
- Polymer physics, statistical mechanics, colloidal systems, confinement and depletion, stochastic systems, diffusion, interfacial phenomena
