Howard Hughes Medical InstituteInvestigator
2021 — Present
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
CaltechMax Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering
2013 — Present
Joined as visiting associate in 2013; assistant professor 2014–2018, professor 2019–2023, and Max Delbrück Professor since 2023. Directs the Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine.
Merge LabsCo-founder
Until Present
Heritage Medical Research InstituteInvestigator
2015 — 2021
University of California, BerkeleyMiller Fellow
Until 2013
University of ChicagoPostdoctoral Fellow
Until an unspecified date