William Rosencrans is a graduate student in the Caltech Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics PhD option. A native of Long Island, William graduated from Colgate University with a Degree in Physics and biology. William has spent time conducting research in a wide variety of research areas from physical optics to ecology. During his undergraduate degree, his main research focused on the role of the stem cell transcription factor, KLF4, in regulating mitochondrial health. Traveling to the National University of Singapore, William conducted research on the biopolymer physics of chromatin. After returning to the US, he began working as an intern and later as an Intramural Research Fellow in the lab of Sergey Bezrukov at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) outside of Washington D.C. In this position William used single-molecule biophysics to study the regulation of mitochondrial channel proteins known as VDACs. Moved by the desire to see basic research findings in molecular and cellular biology translate into novel therapies for patients, William joined the Chou lab to develop novel small molecule therapeutics that could rewire endogenous cellular pathways. Now working in collaboration with the lab of Richard Youle at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), William is working to translate discoveries in autophagy into novel drug targets for neurodegeneration.

Outside of the lab William enjoys hiking, cooking, and hosting friends.

Past Work/Training:

Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Fellow at National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Section on Molecular Transport.

Undergraduate Research Assistant at National University of Singapore, Department of Physics.

Research Assistant Colgate University, Department of Biology/Department of Physics

Research Assistant Long Island University, Lab of Molecular Genetics

Education:

B.A. in Physics, minor in Biology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

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Education:

Past Work/Training:

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota (2019 - 2022)

Technical Aide, 3M Corporate Process Research Laboratory (2018 - 2020)

Education:

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 2021

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Education:

Past Work/Training:

Staff Research Associate IV, UCLA Health, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (2017 - 2020)

Lab Manager, UCLA Health, Department of Infectious Diseases (2010 - 2017)

Lab Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (2006 - 2010)

Education:

B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley 2010

Education: Caltech B.S Chemistry, Biology Minor 2022