Albert J. Keung

Albert J. Keung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University and a faculty member in the Synthetic and Systems Biology cluster under the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program. His research focuses on synthetic biology, chromatin biology, and stem cell engineering.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT/Boston University)
  • B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University

Research Interests: Keung’s group explores biological information storage and access mechanisms across diverse systems. Key projects include:

• Engineering DNA-based information storage systems
• Using organoid models to study neurodevelopmental/neurological disorders
• Developing molecular tools for chromatin state control and sensing

Awards:

• National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow
• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow
• National Science Foundation Fellow