He obtained his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at MIT working in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Biological Engineering. He carried out his postdoctoral research in biological physics at the University of Munich, Germany, returning to MIT in 2009 to join the faculty in the Department of Biological Engineering. His current research focuses on developing integrated computational-experimental approaches for engineering biology. Bathe can be reached by email at mark.bathe@mit.edu.