Nelson Hall
Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Development and Regeneration, Regeneration, Synthetic Biology, Genome Engineering
Courses Taught
Evolution and Model Systems
Profile
Nelson Hall, Ph.D., is a bioengineer and naturalist who combines a passion for unusual organisms with expertise in manipulating and engineering biological systems. He was introduced to Synthetic Biology while earning his bachelor’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he designed and tested synthetic genetic circuits to control cellular behavior by harnessing processes like exosomal biogenesis and CRISPR-based anti-phage defense.
