| Christopher A. Voigt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Citizenship | U.S. |
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Fields | Synthetic Biology |
| Institutions | University of California - San Francisco |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, University of California - Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Zhen-Gang Wang, Frances Arnold, Stephen Mayo, Adam P Arkin |
Christopher Voigt is an American synthetic biologist, molecular biophysicist, and engineer. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry department of the University of California - San Francisco with appointments in the Biophysics and the Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student programs. His research interests focus on the reprogramming of bacterial organisms to perform coordinated, complex tasks for pharmaceutical and industrial applications. He is a member of the National Science Foundation-funded Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, called SynBERC, and works in the developing field of synthetic biology. His recent works include:
Current research projects use these new environmental sensors and logical switches to control the assembly and function of newly redesigned systems, such as a secretion needle that exports spider silk proteins or a photosynthetic apparatus responsible for converting light into chemical energy.
In 2006, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[4]