# Rob Phillips

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Rob Phillips

## Rob Phillips

##### Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics

*B.S., University of Minnesota, 1986; Ph.D., Washington University, 1989. Clark Millikan Visiting Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1997; Professor, 2000-2011; Morris Professor, 2012-.*

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#### Research Overview

Professor Phillips focuses on physical biology of the cell: models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.

Research Summary:
physical biology of the cell, models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.

#### Related News

[Watson Lecture: Rob Phillips Explores the Poetry of the Genome](https://aph.caltech.edu/news/watson-lecture-rob-phillips-explores-the-poetry-of-the-genome)

[A Quantitative Snapshot of the Human Impact on the Planet](https://aph.caltech.edu/news/a-quantitative-snapshot-of-the-human-impact-on-the-planet)

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