Faculty

David is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in Biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington. His research group is focused on the design of macromolecular structures and functions. More →

During graduate school, Gaurav developed computational methods for studying evolution of highly divergent protein families. He did his postdoc with Kit Lam at University of California, Davis and David Baker at UW. His postdoctoral work focused on computational design of hyperstable constrained peptides and macrocycles with atomic-level accuracy.

Phil Bradley, PhD
Professor, Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Phil’s research interests include prediction of protein-DNA and protein-peptide interaction specificity, design of novel tandem repeat architectures, and development of accurate and efficient potential functions for use in structure prediction and design.

Frank’s research is focused on protein structure determination from sparse and noisy experimental data. Improvements to structure prediction – both sampling methods and forcefields – are critical to designing proteins with novel function.

Neil’s group is designing protein nanomaterials with the goal of creating new opportunities for the treatment of disease. Working with collaborators around the world, they are establishing a design-build-test cycle to use feedback from functional assays in vitro and in vivo to optimize the performance of the designed materials.
Staff

Doug Akahoshi
Research Coordinator
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Kenneth Carr
Assistant Lab Manager
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Lauren Carter, MS
Core Research Labs Leader
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Marcus Dahmen
Program Operations Analyst
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Ian Haydon, MS
Communications Manager
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Lindsay Han
Undergraduate Assistant
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Kristina Herrera, MS
Research Manager
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Zari Magness, MS
Executive Assistant to the Director
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Tina Nguyen, BA
Purchasing Specialist
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Hernan Nunez-Ortega, BS
Lab Manager
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Lance Stewart, PhD, MBA
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer | More →
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Lynda Stuart, MD, PhD
Executive Director
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Daniel-Adriano Silva, PhD
Translational Advisor
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Ingrid Swanson Pultz, PhD
Translational Advisor
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Kandise VanWormer, BS
Senior Lab Manager
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Patrick Vecchiato
Sr. Computer Specialist
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Courtney Young
Administrative Assistant
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Senior Director of Philanthropic Support
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Damien Chapman, BA
Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
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