Christian Cuba Samaniego

Courtesy Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bio

Christian received his BS degree in Mechatronic Eng. from National University of Engineering (UNI-Peru). He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Riverside (UCR) under the supervision of Elisa Franco in 2017. Christian was postdoctoral scholar at MIT (2017), UCLA (2019), and Harvard/DFCI (2023). In Spring 2025, he joined the Computational Biology Department at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s work at the intersection among Control Theory, Systems Biology, Machine Learning, and Synthetic Biology. He is specially interested in the design, analysis and applications of biomolecular feedback control systems and molecular neural networks for decision-making in living cells. To create a community that connects mathematical theories, models, and biomolecular experiments, Christian co-organize a Seminar on Biological Control Systems that focuses on applications of mathematical modeling and control systems to biology. We host monthly talks featuring our members and invited guests.