I finished my Ph.D. in the Division of Engineering & Applied Science at Caltech in June 2008. My thesis is on understanding how feedback and regulation are implemented in molecular biology.
I did my undergraduate studies at Princeton University where I majored in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Computer Science.
A current copy of my CV can be found here: [
mjdunlopCV.pdf]
I use ideas from control theory and dynamical systems analysis to understand and
engineer biological systems. I am advised by
Richard Murray and
I also work in
Michael Elowitz's
lab where we are building simple gene
circuits in bacteria. My research is a combination of mathematical modeling
and experiments.
I spent the summer of 2004 working on analysis of gene circuit models with
Michael Wall at Los Alamos National Lab
in the Center for Nonlinear Studies.
Prior to this I worked on computational fluid dynamics models with
Gigi Martinelli and
Tim Colonius, and worked in
Michael Dickinson's
Fly Lab.
M. J. Dunlop.
"Dynamics and Correlated Noise in Gene Regulation." Ph.D. Thesis, California Institute of Technology, 2008.
M. J. Dunlop, E. Franco, R. M. Murray.
"A Multi-Model Approach to Identification of Biosynthetic Pathways."
In Proceedings of the 26th American Control Conference 2007.
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pdf version]
J. Ugander,
M. J. Dunlop, R. M. Murray.
"Analysis of a Digital Clock for Molecular Computing."
In Proceedings of the 26th American Control Conference 2007.
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pdf version]
M. E. Wall,
M. J. Dunlop, W. S. Hlavacek.
"Multiple Functions of a Feed-Forward Loop Gene Circuit."
Journal of Molecular Biology. 349, 501-514. 2005.
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pdf version]
M. J. Dunlop, M. E. Wall.
"Robustness in Gene Circuits: Clustering of Functional Responses."
In Proceedings of the 24th American Control Conference 2005.
Invited Session.
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M. B. Reiser, J. S. Humbert,
M. J. Dunlop, D. Del Vecchio, R. M. Murray, M. H. Dickinson.
"Vision as a Compensatory Mechanism for Disturbance Rejection in Upwind Flight."
In Proceedings of the 23rd American Control Conference 2004.
Selected as Best Student Paper.
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T. Colonius,
M. J. Dunlop, R. Reba, S. Narayanan.
"A Study of the Role of Organized Structures in Jet Noise Generation."
AIAA Paper 2003-3314. 2003.
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pdf version]
