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Polly Fordyce is an Associate Professor at Stanford University with joint appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering and Genetics. She is a Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Sarafan ChEM-H Institute Scholar, and member of interdisciplinary institutes including Bio-X, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, and SPARK at Stanford.
- Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University (2007)
- B.A. in Physics and Biology from University of Colorado at Boulder (2000)
- Postdoctoral work in Biophysics at University of California San Francisco (2014)
Her research focuses on microfluidic platform development for quantitative biophysics and biochemistry studies. Key projects include:
- SPARKfold for protein unfolding kinetics
- STAMMPPING to map activation domain-coactivator interactions
- MRBLEs for spectral multiplexing in assays
- Dropception for high-throughput droplet sorting
Her 15 most recent publications span protein stability analysis, transcription factor specificity, droplet microfluidics, organoid phenotyping, and plant biosynthesis pathway discovery. These works frequently employ machine learning and multiplexed assays to address biophysical questions.
Scientific recognition includes:
- 2024 President's Award for Excellence Through Diversity
- 2023 Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry
- 2023-2028 NIH Pioneer Award (DP1)
- 2017-2022 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator
- 2016-2021 NIH New Innovator Award (DP2)
She advises 33 doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, and leads the Stanford Microfluidics Foundry (2015-present).
