California Institute of Technology
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People
Harold and Violet Alvarez Professor of Biology
Professor
Professor of biology and biological eng
Professor
Lead investigator
Professor of neuroscience and be
Lead investigator
Sources: neuroscience.caltech.edu, reporter.nih.gov, openalex.org
Grants and prizes
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
R01, Role of the cardiac neural crest in development and regeneration, R01HL169287, US$642.2k, 2023–2027, 16 Feb 2026
Hypothalamic Pathways of Age Related Homeostatic Dysregulation (sub-award to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY), usaspending_subaward/ASST_NON_RF1AG091203_075/U2JMKHNS5TG4, US$66.9k, 2026, 22 Jan 2026
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
DP1, Single cell analysis of the kinome, DP1NS131408, US$2.4m, 2022–2027, 19 Aug 2025
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
R01, Laser-Engraved Wearable Sweat Sensors to Detect and Monitor Cardiometabolic Disease, R01HL155815, US$398.7k, 2021–2026, 6 Aug 2025
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Using combinatorial BMP signals to predict and control cardiac differentiation., 25POST1376774, US$156.6k, 2025–2026, 1 Jan 2025
Nsf-snsf: an age clock for resilience in sweat- age resist, 2444815, US$400k, 2024–2028, 15 Aug 2024
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
F30, Longitudinal mucosal immune response to SARS-CoV-2 starting prior to infection, F30AI167524, US$22.9k, 2022–2024, 16 Jul 2024
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
DP1, Circuit-Specific Delivery of Large Cargo Across the Nervous Systems of Adult Mammals and Embryos via Novel Engineered Systemic Vectors, DP1NS111369, US$1.2m, 2018–2024, 23 Aug 2023
R01, Spatial genomics single cell analysis of aging brains, R01AG066028, US$868.1k, 2019–2025, 24 May 2023
Human Frontier Science Program
Functional cell atlas of neural crest cell contribution to newt development and regeneration, LT0009/2022-L, 2023–2025, 1 Jan 2023
Sources: reporter.nih.gov, openalex.org, usaspending.gov
Funded papers
Microbiome modulation in regeneration in jellyfish
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering Fellowship, Summer Research Connection Fund, 21 Aug 2026
Sources: api.crossref.org