Miguel Jimenez, PhD

Assistant Professor (BME, MSE)

Office PHO 731
Email jmiguelj@bu.edu
Website el Microbial Integration Group

In the News

Another Year of Gold for BU iGEM
December 18, 2025
A year-end toast to the gold-winning undergrads of BU's iGEM team. [ More ]

Publications

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Research Areas

The capacity of living cells to continuously monitor and act on their environment with molecular specificity is unmatched by any sensor or actuator developed by humans. We have shown that it is possible to use genetically engineered microorganisms as the sensing and actuation elements in electronic and mechanical devices. These integrated microbial devices outperform traditional analytical tools while functioning in low resource settings. My group develops electronic and mechanical devices that natively interface with biology – sensors and actuators with integrated microorganisms that augment our capacity to monitor and act on changes in our bodies, our plants and livestock, and our environment.

Honors and Awards

2022: Broad Institute, Next Generation in Biomedicine
2019: NASA TRISH Postdoctoral Fellow
2017: Academy of Bioastronautics (AoB) Fellow
2013: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (NSF GRFP)

Additional Affiliations

Division of Materials Science & Engineering
Biological Design Center
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry (MCBB) program
Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUnano)

Departments or Divisions: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering

Affiliations: Energy, Sustainability & Climate, Materials by Design, Primary & Affiliated Faculty, Synthetic Biology, Tissue Engineering & Mechanobiology

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