Prof. Niles A. Pierce — Research Profile
California Institute of Technology · Bioengineering
Graduate application deadlines
Bioengineering
PhD in Bioengineering (BE)
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 1, 2026
Source: bbe.caltech.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Niles A. Pierce at California Institute of Technology Bioengineering lists Biological engineering, chemical engineering, computational mathematics, molecular programming, chemical biology, synthetic biology as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Transfer Matrix and Tensor Approaches to Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure Thermodynamics *PreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Oct 8
- NUPACK: Computational Nucleic Acid Analysis and DesignACS Synthetic Biology · Apr 2
- Models and Algorithms for Equilibrium Analysis of Mixed-Material Nucleic Acid SystemsACS Synthetic Biology · Jan 7
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Transfer Matrix and Tensor Approaches to Nucleic Acid Secondary Structure Thermodynamics *PreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Oct 8Shared topic: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
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