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Antonio was born in a small town in Mexico named Sahuayo that is famous for their artisan crafts and regional cuisine. He moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Bay Area. Antonio earned a doctorate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2023 under Wenjun Zhang and completed his postdoctoral work at Stanford University as a Stanford Science Fellow under Chaitan Khosla.
Antonio Del Rio Flores, PhD ("El Jefe")
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Researchers
Dr. Gur Pines
Research Associate
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PI, Volcani Center (2026)
Postdoc, University of Colorado, Boulder (2020)
Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science (2013)
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (2012)
Graduate Students
Alyssa Hoffman
1st Year PhD Student in Biological Engineering
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B.S. Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Alec Schwendinger
1st Year PhD Student in Chemical Engineering
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B.S. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
University of Minnesota
Dev Patel
1st Year PhD Student in Chemical Engineering
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B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Meriem Krarti
1st Year MS Student in Biomedical Engineering
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B.A. Neuroscience
Minor in Biomedical Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder
Undergraduate Students
Audrey Stanton
Sophomore Student in Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Alyssa Hoffman
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