Patrick D. McMullen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Bio

I grew up in the Twin Cities suburbs before moving to Ames, Iowa to study at Iowa State University. Here, I studied the mechanisms of enzyme action via computational methods under the mentorship of Peter Reilly. This work bred within me a fascination with the complexity of of biological systems. In 2005 I joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering here at Northwestern for my doctoral work. Currently, I work with the labs of Luis Amaral and Rick Morimoto to understand high-throughput experiments and the staggering complexity of gene regulation.

Outside of my academic life, I enjoy cooking, sports, and brewing beer.

Education

• B. Sc. Chemical Engineering and Biology, Iowa State University (2005)
• Ph. D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University (2011)

Appointments

• PhD Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University (2005 - 2009)

Awards and Honors

• Poster Award, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (2008)
• Murphy Fellowship, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University (2005)
• Runner-up, Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University (2010)

Selected Communications

• AIChE Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, UT, US (November 2006)
• Biophysics Club, Northwestern University Evanston, IL, US (November 2009)