Erika is a computational physicist and molecular biologist. She leads the Biodesign Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute in London, UK. Erika’s research focuses on developing techniques for robotics-accelerated evolution and applying them to protein and microbial engineering. In 2021, Erika founded Align to Innovate, a nonprofit working to improve life science research through programmable experiments. Erika holds a PhD in Biological Engineering from MIT and a BS in Computer Science from Caltech.