Miguel Alcantar

Miguel obtained his B.S. in Bioengineering from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT under the supervision of Prof. Jim Collins. His doctoral thesis focused on using high-throughput, synthetic biology approaches to study gene regulatory networks in bacteria and yeast. He joined the Kruse Lab in 2025 and is jointly mentored by Prof. Chang Liu at UC Irvine. In these labs, Miguel is interested in developing scalable evolution and computational design approaches to engineer antibodies that modulate GPCR signaling. Outside of the lab, Miguelenjoys biking and hiking distances he is physically unprepared for, reading, and embracing his role as a devoted dog dad to two dachshunds.