Organizing Committee


Gabriel Lopez (Chair)

University of New Mexico

Bioinspired Materials, Artificial Organelles, Soft Matter


Joachim Spatz (CoChair)

MPI for Medical Research

Synthetic Cells, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Materials Science


Andrew Shreve

University of New Mexico

Theory and Experimental Bioanomaterials Systems


Darko Stefanovic

University of New Mexico

DNA Molecular Logic, DNA Nanotechnology


Michael Grunze

MPI for Medical Research

Biomaterials, Soft Matter, Education, Translation


Eva Chi

University of New Mexico

Supra-biomolecular assemblies, proteins at interfaces


Angel Garcia

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems


Lydia Tapia

University of New Mexico

Coarse Grained Simulation, Autonomous Systems


Bruna Jacobson

University of New Mexico

Simulation of Protein Assemblies, Biophysics


Andy Ellington

University of Texas

NA Nanotech., Protein Engineering, Synthetic Biology


Steven Graves

University of New Mexico

Molecular Logic Assays, Cytometry, HT Screening


Matthew Lakin

University of New Mexico

Synthetic Biology, Biomolecular Circuits, Biomolecular Engineering


Susan Atlas

University of New Mexico