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Rob Phillips

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Professor of Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering

Option Representative for Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

B.S., University of Minnesota, 1986 (obtained by independent study)
Ph.D., Washington University, 1989
Clark Millikan Visiting Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1997
Professor, 2000-.

Division: Engineering and Applied Science
Mechanical Engineering Personal Page
Applied Physics Personal Page

Talks and Essays

  • Talk given at the Delbruck Centennial, 8 January 2007 [online video]
  • After dinner talk given at the National University of Singapore in March 2007. [online full text]
  • "How Cells Decide What to Eat" given in the Winter Lecture Series at the Aspen Center for Physics, 8 January 2008 [online video]

    Contact Information

    Phone: (626) 395-3374
    Office: 159 Broad
    Email: phillips@pboc.caltech.edu

    California Institute of Technology
    MC 128-95
    1200 California Boulevard
    Pasadena, CA 91125