Casey Platnich

Casey Platnich is a Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge). Specializing in DNA nanotechnology, she develops methods to encode digital data into DNA for high-density molecular information storage.

• Academic Affiliation: Jesus College, University of Cambridge
• Role: Postdoctoral Associate

Education:

• BSc Hons, University of Calgary
• PhD, McGill University

Research Interests: Casey focuses on using DNA as a nanoscale building block and advancing single-molecule characterization techniques. Her work has applications in drug delivery systems and biosensing devices.

Scientific Awards:

• Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2021)
• Quebec FRQNT Étoile Louis-Berlinguet Award (2020)
• McGill M.A. Whitehead Prize for Chemistry (2019)
• NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (2017-2020)

Currently, she works in the laboratory of Prof. Ulrich Keyser at the Cavendish Laboratory, exploring DNA-based data storage solutions.