Mikhail G. Shapiro is the Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering at Caltech, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of Caltech’s Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine. His research develops biomolecular technologies to image and control cellular function inside the body using ultrasound and magnetic fields, with applications in neuroscience, synthetic biology, cancer, immunology, and cell-based therapeutics. He is also a co-founder of Merge Labs, a research lab developing high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces that combine biology, devices, and artificial intelligence.
Mikhail G. Shapiro is the Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering at Caltech, an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Director of Caltech’s Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine. His research develops biomolecular technologies to image and control cellular function inside the body using ultrasound and magnetic fields, with applications in neuroscience, synthetic biology, cancer, immunology, and cell-based therapeutics. He is also a co-founder of Merge Labs, a research lab developing high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces that combine biology, devices, and artificial intelligence.
Career
Mikhail G. Shapiro studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in Biological Engineering) and Brown University (B.Sc. in Neuroscience).
Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; D at Caltech from 2013 to PresentLeads the Shapiro Lab, which develops technologies for non-invasive imaging and control of cellular function using ultrasound and magnetic fields. Joined Caltech in 2013; served as Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2018, Professor from 2019 to 2023, and Max Delbrück Professor from