Jenn Brophy

Jenn Brophy is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, developing technologies for genetic engineering of plants and microbes to address environmental stress resilience and agricultural sustainability. Her lab focuses on synthetic genetic circuits for plant root reprogramming and stress response optimization.

• B.S. in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley (2010)
• Ph.D. in Biological Engineering, MIT (2016)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University (Biology)

Research spans synthetic biology, plant genetics, and microbiome engineering, emphasizing climate adaptation and sustainable biotechnology. Current projects include:

• Plant-microbe interaction engineering
• Stress-responsive biosensors
• High-throughput genetic tool development
• Plant cell atlas integration
• Sustainable laboratory practices

Her recent publications highlight advances in recombinase circuits, root architecture engineering, and plant cell mapping, with applications in climate resilience and microbiome design. Collaborators include José Dinneny (Stanford) in plant synthetic biology research.