Christopher Lemon

Christopher was born and raised outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied chemistry, physics and statistics at Ohio Northern University. Christopher spent a year abroad as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, working with Professor Penelope Brothers. In 2010, he began his Ph.D. studies at MIT and then Harvard University under the supervision of Professor Daniel Nocera, where he developed quantum dot-based oxygen sensors. In 2016, he began postdoctoral studies at UC Berkeley in the laboratory of Professor Michael Marletta as a Miller Fellow. He is currently developing red fluorescent proteins for biological sensing applications.