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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:

• 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)
• Engineering Replication-, Growth-, and Division-Deficient E. coli for Safe, Stable and Efficient Function (Rosen Center for Bioengineering)
• Design of Digitally Controlled Bacterial Circuits for Bioenabled Materials (Army Research Lab/Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies)
• Assurance for Learning Enabled Systems (DARPA)
• Developing Standardized Cell-Free Platforms for Rapid Prototyping of Synthetic Biology Circuits and Pathways (NSF)
• Formal Methods for V&V and T&E of Autonomous Systems (AFOSR)
• Engineering Durable Cell-Free Biological Capabilities for Advanced Sensing and Prototyping (Army Research Office)
• Enabling Technologies for Cell-Silicon Interfacing (Army Research Office)
• Fundamental Biological Factors Underlying Human Performance: From Molecular Diagnostics and Detection to Behavior and Systems Biology (Army Research Office)
• Field-Programmable, Recombinase-Based Biomolecular Circuits (Army Research Office)
• Robust Multi-Layer Control Systems for Cooperative Cellular Behaviors (DARPA)
• VeHICaL: Verified Human Interfaces, Control, and Learning for Semi-Autonomous Systems (NSF)

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Group

Apurva Badithela (CDS) Karena Cai (CDS) Richard Cheng* (ME) Samuel Clamons (BE) David Garcia (BBE) Josefine Graebener (AS) Leopold Green (BBE) Chelsea Hu (BE) Zoila Jurado* (ME)

Manisha Kapasiawala (BE) Matthieu Kratz* (BE) Elin Larsson (BE) Geoffroy Le Courtois Du Manoir (CMS) John Marken (BE) Michaelle Mayalu (CMS) Reed McCardell (BE) Liana Merk† (BE) Ayush Pandey (EE)

James Parkin (BE) Tung Phan (ME) William Poole* (CNS) Mark Prator# (EAS) Xinying (Cindy) Ren (CDS) Ankita Roychoudhury† (BE) Andrey Shur (BE) Rory Williams (BE) Miki Yun# (EAS)

* co-advised students

+ visiting researchers

° rotation students

† undergraduates

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Former graduate students:

• Sumanth Dathathri - PhD in Computing and Mathematical Sciences, March 2020
• Vipul Singhal - PhD in Computation and Neural Systems, June 2018
• Ania Baetica - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, May 2018
• Ioannis Filippidis - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, December 2017
• Anandh Swaminathan - PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems, December 2017

Dionysios Barmpoutis (thesis) Robert Behnken (thesis) Julia Badger (Braman) (thesis) Francesco Bullo (thesis) Robert Bodenheimer* John Carson (thesis) Andrea Censi (thesis) Benson Christalin# Tim Chung* Lars Cremean (thesis) Nadine Dabby* Raff D'Andrea* Samantha (Feakins) Daly# Emzo de los Santos (thesis) Domitilla Del Vecchio (thesis) Mary Dunlop (thesis) William Dunbar (thesis) Michael Epstein (thesis) Alex Fax (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) Muruhan Rathinam (thesis)

Clancy Rowley* Ben Shapiro (thesis) Ling Shi (thesis) Demetri Spanos (thesis) Zachary Sun (thesis)/ Sudipto Sur (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:

• Chuchu Fan (2019-2020) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow
• John McManus (2018-2019) - Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
• Jin Ge (2017-2018) - CMS Postdoctoral Fellow

Raktim Bhattacharya (2002-04) Brianno Coller (1995-97) Noel du Toit (2011) Samira Farahani (2014-15) Sofie Haesaert (2016-2018) Yutaka Hori (2013-2016) Tamer Inanc (2002-04) Jongmin Kim (2010-14) Eric Klavins* (2001-03) Feng-Li Lian (2001-02)

Jun Liu (2011-2012) Catherine McGhan (2014-2016) 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)
• 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)
• CDS 131 - Linear Systems Theory (Fa18, Fa19)
• 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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