Jeffrey Vieregg

Jeff Vieregg received his BS in physics with electrical engineering and a minor in chemistry from MIT. His undergraduate research focused on high-frequency electron devices for solid-state NMR signal enhancement.

Jeff obtained a PhD in physics from Berkeley with Professors Ignacio Tinoco, Jr. and Carlos Bustamante. His thesis research centered on single-molecule studies of RNA folding using optical trapping. Manipulating individual RNA molecules with mechanical force provides new windows into the structure and dynamics of biomolecules.

Prior to joining PME, Jeff worked as a postdoctoral scholar in the Bioengineering Department at Caltech, under the supervision of Professor Niles Pierce. He developed nanoscale biosensors and actuators using conformation-changing nucleic acids and programmable hybridization.