Biography
Rebecca Schulman is an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Computer Science (Schulman Lab) at The Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on the development of intelligent and adaptive biomolecular materials and nanostructures. Dr. Schulman joined JHU after working as a Miller Research Fellow in physics at UC Berkeley. She received undergraduate degrees in mathematics and computer science from MIT and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. Recent awards include a DARPA Young Investigator Award, NSF Career Award, Turing Scholar Award and a DOE Early Career Award. Her research pushes the boundaries of interdisciplinary inquiry by integrating ideas from a broad range of disciplines, including theoretical computer science, synthetic chemistry, materials science, physics and engineering in addressing fundamental problems in materials and biomolecular device design.