Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Biological Nanostructures
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Biography
Behzad Rad completed his Ph.D. at UC Davis in Biophysics using microscopy to study the interaction of proteins with single molecules of DNA. From 2010-2014, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Molecular Foundry as well as UC Berkeley investigating self-assembling and electron conducting proteins to create new biological-based materials. He then joined the Molecular Foundry technical staff to develop optical microscopy tools to visualize nanoscale and biological materials.
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Foundry Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ph.D. in Biophysics, University of California at Davis, Dissertation Title: “The Unwinding Mechanism of the E. coli RecQ helicase,” Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Stephen C. Kowalczykowski
- Bachelor’s in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Expertise
Behzad’s interests focus on developing and adapting imaging tools to study biological or biologically inspired nanostructures. In particular, he is active in projects that use sub-diffraction imaging and correlative microscopy to characterize the dynamics and organization of complex assemblies. Additionally, Behzad is interested in developing new bio-inspired materials via engineering of proteins and DNA.
