Eric Klavins
Chair at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Klavins is a professor and chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington who has steered a career from theoretical computer science and control systems into leading-edge synthetic biology. He directs an interdisciplinary lab that engineers multicellular systems using bacteria and yeast, blends modeling with experimental work, and pioneers human-in-the-loop lab automation. With adjunct appointments in Computer Science and Bioengineering and advisory roles to biotech startups, he bridges academic research, technology translation, and industry-facing measurement platforms. His background in robotics, stochastic processes, and musical performance hints at a rare combination of analytical rigor, systems thinking, and creative perspective that informs his approach to engineering life.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Engineering at San Francisco State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science and Engineering at University of MichiganCalifornia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (27)
biology10
protocols10
operating-system10
simulation9
ruby9
event-loop9
homebrew9
embedded9
scripting7
arm6
electrical-engineering6
mathlib5
microcontroller5
cortex-m5
javascript4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
klavinslab/elma
Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
An event loop manager for reactive, embedded systems
Contributions:4 releases, 57 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year
embeddedevent-loop
klavins/yase
Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 release, 82 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 2 months
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