Niles A. Pierce is an American mathematician, bioengineer, and professor at the
California Institute of Technology. He is a leading researcher in the fields o
molecular programmingand dynamic nucleic acid nanotechnology. His research is focused on kinetically controlled DNA and RNA self-assembly. Pierce is working on applications in bioimaging.
Pierce graduated as the Valedictorian of the
Princeton University
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class of 1993 with a BSE in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He then attended
Oxford University
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as a
Rhodes Scholar
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom.
Established in 1902, it is the oldest graduate scholarship in the world. It is considered among the world' ...
, an achievement repeated nine years later by his sister
Lillian Pierce
Lillian Beatrix Pierce is a mathematician whose research connects number theory with harmonic analysis. She is a professor of mathematics at Duke University.
Early life and education
Pierce was home-schooled in Fallbrook, California and began ...
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He completed a DPhil in Applied Mathematics in 1997. He joined the faculty of the
California Institute of Technology in 2000.
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NUPACKis a growing software suite for the analysis and design of nucleic acid structures, devices, and systems.
Molecular Technologiesdevelops and supports programmable molecular technologies for reading out and regulating the state of endogenous biological circuitry.
Startup Company
Molecular Instruments, Inc.designs and synthesizes molecular kits for multiplexed quantitative bioimaging in academic research, drug development, and clinical diagnostics.
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Living people
California Institute of Technology faculty
American bioengineers
DNA nanotechnology people
American Rhodes Scholars
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Princeton University alumni