Thomas Gaj
- Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar & Associate Professor
 
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					2252 Everitt Laboratory
				Primary Research Area
- Synthetic Bioengineering
 
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Education
- Ph.D. Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 2013
 - B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, 2007
 
Academic Positions
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2014-2017
 - Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2025
 - Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018-present
 - Associate Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2025-current
 
Primary Research Area
- Synthetic Bioengineering