Niles A. Pierce is an American mathematician, bioengineer, and professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is a leading researcher in the fields of molecular programming and dynamic nucleic acid nanotechnology. His research is focused on kinetically controlled DNA and RNA self-assembly. Pierce is working on applications in bioimaging.

Pierce graduated as the Valedictorian [1] of the Princeton University class of 1993 with a BSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, an achievement repeated nine years later by his sister Lillian Pierce.[2] He completed a DPhil in Applied Mathematics in 1997. He joined the faculty of the California Institute of Technology in 2000.

Works

Resources

  • NUPACK is a growing software suite for the analysis and design of nucleic acid structures, devices, and systems.
  • Molecular Technologies develops and supports programmable molecular technologies for reading out and regulating the state of endogenous biological circuitry.

Startup Company

  • Molecular Instruments, Inc. designs and synthesizes molecular kits for multiplexed quantitative bioimaging in academic research, drug development, and clinical diagnostics.

References

  1. ↑ "COMMENCEMENT; Princeton President Addresses Graduates". The New York Times. 9 June 1993.
  2. ↑ Stevens, Ruth (June 3, 2002), "Selection as valedictorian a family affair for the Pierces", Princeton Weekly Bulletin, 92 (27)
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