Rachel Chen
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
USA
Biography
Rachel Chen received her PhD from California Institute of Technology in 1994 and subsequently worked as a research scientist in Bristol-Myers Squibb. She began her independent academic career in Virginia Commonwealth University and continues at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research interfaces biology, chemistry, and engineering with major focuses on applying molecular engineering tools in the synthesis of molecules that are not attainable with conventional means. She has published ~80 peer-reviewed papers and has been serving as an associate editor for Microbial Cell Factories and on editorial boards of AIMS Bioengineering and AIMS Microbiology.
Research Interest
Her research interfaces biology, chemistry, and engineering with major focuses on applying molecular engineering tools in the synthesis of molecules that are not attainable with conventional means.