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Richard M. Murray Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering California Institute of Technology Papers Research Group Teaching Contact

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Research

My group's research is in the application of feedback and control to networked systems, with applications in biology and autonomy. Current projects include work on biomolecular feedback systems, novel architectures for control systems, and networked control systems (see my research overview for more details).

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Active projects:

• Multi-Layer, Composable and Programmable Biomolecular Circuits for Microbial Consortia (Army Research Office)
• Deciphering the Rules of Nucleus Architecture with Synthetic Cells and Organelles (NSF)
• Engineering Reliable Genetic Circuits for Characterization and Remediation of Soil Ecologies (Army Research Office)
• Actuation of Synthetic Cells Via Proto-Flagellar Motors (NSF)
• An Open Synthetic Biology Toolkit for Engineering Reliable Genetic Circuits in Microbes in Soil (Resnick Sustainability Institute)
• Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems: From Validation & Verification to Test & Evaluation (NSF)
• Formal Methods for V&V and T&E of Autonomous Systems (AFOSR)
• Developing Standardized Cell-Free Platforms for Rapid Prototyping of Synthetic Biology Circuits and Pathways (NSF)

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Group

Apurva Badithela (CDS) Victoria Chen† (BE) Ersin Das+ (Turkey) Abhishek Dey+ (India) Chelsea Hu (BE) Josefine Graebener (AS) Zoila Jurado (ME) Manisha Kapasiawala (BE)

Alex Johnsson° (BE) Matthieu Kratz* (BE) Elin Larsson* (BE) John Marken (BE) Ioannis Mandralis* (AE) Zach Martinez* (BE) Joe Meyerowitz (BMB) Mohini Misra† (CS)

Kellan Moorse (CNS) Ayush Pandey (CDS) William Poole (CNS) Mark Prator# (EAS) Xinying (Cindy) Ren (CDS) Makena Rodriguez† (BE) Aditi Seetharaman† (BE) Miki Yun# (EAS)

* co-advised students

+ visiting researchers

° rotation students

† undergraduates

# research staff

Former graduate students:

• Andrey Shur - PhD in Bioengineering, December 2021
• Rory Williams - PhD in Bioengineering, December 2021
• Samuel Clamons - PhD in Bioengineering, September 2021
• Cindy Ren - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, June 2021
• Reed McCardell - PhD in Bioengineering, May 2021
• Karena Cai - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, March 2021
• James Parkin - PhD in Bioengineering, March 2021
• Richard Cheng* - PhD in Mechanical Engineering, February 2021

Dionysios Barmpoutis (thesis) Robert Behnken (thesis) Julia Badger (Braman) (thesis) Ania Baetica (thesis) Francesco Bullo (thesis) Robert Bodenheimer* John Carson (thesis) Andrea Censi (thesis) Benson Christalin# Tim Chung* Lars Cremean (thesis) Nadine Dabby* Raff D'Andrea* Sumanth Dathathri (thesis) Samantha (Feakins) Daly# Emzo de los Santos (thesis) Domitilla Del Vecchio (thesis) Mary Dunlop (thesis) William Dunbar (thesis) Michael Epstein (thesis) Alex Fax (thesis) Ioannis Filippidis (thesis) Anthony Fragoso (thesis) Sawyer Fuller (thesis) Melvin Flores (thesis)

Elisa Franco (thesis) Jimmy Fung (thesis) Marcella Gomez (thesis) Martha Grover (Gallivan) (thesis) Shaobin Guo (thesis) Vijay Gupta (thesis) Sonja Glavaski* Shuo Han (thesis) Adam Hayes* Sean Humbert (thesis) Victoria Hsiao (thesis) Ali Jadbabaie* (thesis) Zhipu Jin (thesis) Vanessa Jonsson (thesis) Scott Kelly (thesis) Dmitriy Kogan# Javad Lavaei* (thesis) Andrew Lewis (thesis) Scott Livingston (thesis) Robert M'Closkey (thesis) Mark Milam (thesis) Michiel van Nieuwstadt (thesis) Ivan Papusha (thesis) Tung Phan (thesis) Muruhan Rathinam (thesis)

Clancy Rowley* Ben Shapiro (thesis) Ling Shi (thesis) Vipul Singhal (thesis) Demetri Spanos (thesis) Zachary Sun (thesis)/ Sudipto Sur (thesis) Anandh Swaminathan (thesis) Anu Thubagere* (thesis) Amber Thweatt# Jorge Tierno* Abhishek Tiwari (thesis) Pete Trautman (thesis) Stephanie Tsuei# David van Gogh# Tony Vanelli# (thesis) Ophelia Venturelli (thesis) Yong Wang (thesis) Steve Waydo* (thesis) Eric Wolff (thesis) Nok Wongpiromsarn (thesis) Yong Wu (thesis) Huan (Mumu) Xu (thesis) Enoch Yeung (thesis) Simon Yeung (thesis)

# Masters or Engineers degree    * Co-advised student

Former postdocs:

• Michaelle Mayalu (2017-22) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
• David Garcia (2020-21) - BE Postdoctoral Fellow
• Leopold Green (2018-21) - BE Postdoctoral Fellow
• Chuchu Fan (2019-20) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
• John McManus (2018-19) - Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
• Jin Ge (2017-18) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow

Raktim Bhattacharya (2002-04) Brianno Coller (1995-97) Noel du Toit (2011) Samira Farahani (2014-15) Sofie Haesaert (2016-18) Yutaka Hori (2013-16) Tamer Inanc (2002-04) Jongmin Kim (2010-14) Eric Klavins* (2001-03) Feng-Li Lian (2001-02)

Jun Liu (2011-2012) Catherine McGhan (2014-16) Yilin Mo (2013-15) Kristi Morgansen (1999-2001) Pascal Morin (1996-97) Yasamin Mostofi (2004-06) Reza Olfati-Saber (2001-04) Yizhar Or (2007-09) Necmiye Ozay (2010-13) Pavithra Prabhakar (2011-12)

Nicolas Petit (2001-02) Vasu Raman (2013-15) Henrik Sandberg (2005-07) Shaunak Sen (2011-12) B. N. Shashikanth* (1998-2000) Dan Siegal (2012-15) Andrew Straw* (2010) Willem Sluis (1994-96) Herbert Streumper (1997-99) Ufuk Topcu (2008-12)

Additional group alumni:   SURF    Undergrads    Visitors

Teaching

The list below is the courses that I have taught at Caltech (or at least most of them). The course links will take you to the (current) course homepage, where you can find the syllabus, handouts, and homework sets. The links for specific terms take you to the course homepage for that term. Links to older courses are available on a separate page.

• ACM/EE 116 - Probability and Random Processes (Fa11)
• BE 107 - Exploring Biological Principles Through Bio-Inspired Design (Sp15, Sp16, Sp19)
• BE 150/Bi 250b - Systems Biology (Wi11, Wi12, Wi13, Sp14)
• CS/EE/ME 75 - Introduction to Multi-Disciplinary Systems Engineering (04-05, 06-07, 10-11, 15-16)
• CDS 90 - Senior Thesis in Control and Dynamical Systems (2004-2014, 2020-)
• CDS 101/110 - Analysis and Design of Feedback Systems (Fa97, Fa01, Fa02, Fa03, Fa04, Fa06, Fa07, Fa08, Fa12, Fa15)
• CDS 112 - Optimization-Based Control (Wi98, Wi02, Wi03, Wi04, Wi06, Wi07, Wi08, Wi22)
• CDS 131 - Linear Systems Theory (Fa18, Fa19, Fa20)
• CDS 140 - Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (Wi11, Wi13, Wi14, Wi15)
• CDS 240 - Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (Sp14, Sp16)
• CDS 202 - Geometry of Nonlinear Systems (Wi93, Wi94, Wi04, Wi09, Sp13)
• CS 142 - Distributed Computing (Fa17, Fa19)
• CS 143 - Communication Networks (Fa18)
• Older courses (not taught in the last 10 years)
• Guest lectures - some individual lectures I have given in various courses

Contact

Mailing Address Richard M. Murray Control and Dynamical Systems 107-81 California Institute of Technology 1200 E. California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125 USA	Contact information E-mail: murray@cds.caltech.edu Office: 109 Steele Lab, (626) 395-6460 Asst: Monica Nolasco, x4140 Labs: B112 Steele, 136 Keck
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