Alexander A. Green, PhD Associate Professor (BME)
Education Postdoc, Wyss Institute at Harvard UniversityPrimary Appointment Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
In the News
September 21, 2026
"Our bodies are not working in snapshots. They are generating information continuously, and transmitting that information in signals. What has changed is our growing ability to detect those signals continuously." [ More ]
November 19, 2025
The ENG recipients of BU's prestigious Case Scholarship are working on solutions in the lab, and making engineering education accessible. [ More ]
Areas of Interest The Green lab pursues interdisciplinary research in areas spanning synthetic biology, diagnostics, and nanotechnology. We use in silico tools to design RNA molecules from scratch that respond to stimuli and execute biomolecular programs in living cells. For diagnostics, we engineer nucleic acids that sense and amplify molecular cues to develop assays that are portable, low cost, and easy to use. We also study the synthesis of self-assembled nanostructures and nanomaterials, and explore their applications as catalysts and antimicrobial agents.
Publications
Research Areas Synthetic biology, nucleic acid nanotechnology, low-cost diagnostics, nanomaterials
Honors and Awards 2019 DARPA Young Faculty Award Director’s Fellowship
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