Faculty

Rob Phillips

Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics

Degrees and Appointments

B.S., University of Minnesota, 1986; Ph.D., Washington University, 1989. Clark Millikan Visiting Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1997; Professor, 2000-2011; Morris Professor, 2012-.

Research Overview

Professor Phillips focuses on physical biology of the cell: models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.

List of Research Areas

physical biology of the cell, models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.

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