Principal Investigator
Calin Plesa
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
Department of Bioengineering
calin[at]uoregon.edu | Google Scholar
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Postdoc Biochemistry, UCLA (Sri Kosuri)
Ph.D. Bionanoscience / Biophysics, Delft University of Technology, (Cees Dekker)
M.Sc. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology
B.A.Sc. Engineering Physics, Simon Fraser University
Lab Members
Join the Plesa Lab
We are actively recruiting:
Graduate Students
We may have an opening for Fall 2026 pending funding (Mar 2026). We’re primarily recruiting students with some computational skills (experience with Python, R, machine learning, etc…) that complements wet lab experience. UO graduate students should apply for admission through our Bioengineering graduate program joint with OSU. We also admit students through the Biology department, Chemistry department, or the Institute of Molecular Biology. Send Calin an email to discuss rotation projects and other research opportunities. OHSU students should apply through the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Currently no openings (Mar 2026).
Bioinformaticians
Currently no openings (Mar 2026).
Research Associate / Staff Scientist
Currently no openings (Mar 2026).
Research Assistant
Currently no openings (Mar 2026).
Undergraduate Students
Currently no openings (Mar 2026). We strongly recommend students participate in the UOregon iGEM team prior to starting lab research.
Plesa Lab Alumni
- Dr. Natanya Villegas, PhD student, OHSU
- Dr. Andrew Holston, PhD student
- Abbey Keller, Undergraduate, ResearcherFox Chase Cancer Center
- Oliver Loreto, Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, Ultima Genomics
- Keane Deas, Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, ClearMark Bioscience
- Philip Jimenez, Undergraduate Researcher, OHSU
- Phillip Kearns, Machine Learning Engineer, USPTO
- Yuki Gaudreault, Undergraduate Thesis, ICON
- Mindy Tran, Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, Boston Uni.
- Avery Billo, Undergraduate Researcher, OHSU
- Carmen Resnick, Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, Octant Bio
- Kyra Lindley, Research Assistant, OHSU
- Rachel Ferina, BGMP Bioinformatics researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- SJ Kim, BGMP Bioinformatics researcher, OHSU
- Amanda Kreppel, Undergraduate Researcher, Peter O’Day Fellow '21, Debut Biotechnology
- Nora Kearns, Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, Undergrad Honors Thesis, Peter O’Day Fellow '21, Pluto Bio