User:Despaux
Leo d'Espaux
Graduate Student
Chemical Engineering, MC 210-41
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125-4100
626.395.2753.lab
626.568.8743.fax
despaux@caltech.edu
Education
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering, Caltech , 2005-present
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Cornell , 2005
Honors and Awards
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2006-present
Betty and Gordon Moore Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 2005-present
Menschel Public Service Fellowship, Cornell University, 2005
Slayton Evans Research Award, American Chemical Society, 2003
Alumni Sponsored Research Award, Cornell University, 2003
Presidential Research Scholar, Cornell University, 2001-2005
ACS-Xerox Scholar, American Chemical Society, 2001-2005
Gates Millenium Scholar, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2001-2006
Research
My research concerns nucleic acids as adaptive gene regulatory elements in mammalian cells. These molecules are able to detect changes in the cellular environment, e.g. cancerous or infected, and act accordingly. Previously I've worked on human genetic evolution, drug delivery, tissue engineering, novel nucleic acids, and macromolecular transport across nuclear pores.
Publications
- “Controlled assembly of dendrimer like DNA”, Y. Li, Y.D. Tseng, S.Y. Kwon, L. d'Espaux, J.S. Bunch, P.L McEuen, and D. Luo, Nature Materials 3, 38-42, (January, 2004)
- “Honeycomb-shaped DNA”, L. d’Espaux, and D. Luo, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Research Board Forum, 69 (March, 2002)
