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Contents 1 Christopher VanLang 2 Education 3 Biography 4 Research interests 5 Past Research 6 Presentations 7 Useful Links

Christopher VanLang

Graduate Student
Stanford University
[http://www.stanford.edu/~rhiju/ Das Lab]

Education

2013, Ph.D. Candidate Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
2008, B.S. Chemical Engineering, Yale University, Branford College

Biography

• After throwing around the frisbee and wrestling for several years, Chris has hung up his boots to understand how the structures of riboswitches are perturbed by their ligands. Between experiments, Chris is always hunting for music and dances to the tunes in his head.

Research interests

• RNA structure
• Mechanisms of riboswitch function
• Kinetic modeling

Past Research

• [http://www.seas.yale.edu/faculty-detail.php?id=119 Van Tassel Lab]
• [http://www.acceleronpharma.com/ Acceleron Pharma]
• [http://www.cytec.com/ Cytec Industries]

Presentations

• [http://acs.confex.com/acs/csss08/techprogram/P54025.HTM Polyelectrolyte Adsorption Kinetics Under An Applied Electric Potential]
• [http://www.seas.yale.edu/study-undergraduate-senior-projects-detail.php?id=457 Coal to Methanol Conversion]

Useful Links

• [http://xkcd.com/ xkcd]
• Stanford
• Connect with me at [http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=13838237&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro LinkedIn]