Joshua Weinstein
Assistant Professor at University of Chicago
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Weinstein is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago who leads a lab bridging experiment and computation to build DNA-based tools for next-generation precision biology. With a PhD in Biophysics from Stanford and over a decade of research experience spanning the Broad Institute and a Howard Hughes stint, he translates deep physical insight into practical molecular technologies. He co-founded CubaseBio to accelerate translation of lab discoveries, signaling an entrepreneurial bent alongside his academic role. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he combines rigorous quantitative training in physics and biophysics with hands-on wet-lab and computational expertise to tackle ambitious, technology-driven problems in synthetic biology.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA, Physics, biophysics, BA, Physics, biophysics at University of PennsylvaniaPhysics, Physics at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biophysics at Stanford UniversityGithub contributions (5)
wlab-bio/vdnamic
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 1 year 7 months
jaweinst/dnamic
Nov 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
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