Jennifer R. Cochran

Jennifer Cochran is the Vice President for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and for Strategic Initiatives, Addie and Al Macovski Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering. She is a member of the Cancer Biology, Biophysics, and Immunology graduate programs. Dr. Cochran also serves as a member of the leadership team and former Director of the Stanford/NIH Biotechnology pre-doctoral training program. The Cochran Laboratory uses interdisciplinary approaches in chemistry, engineering, and biophysics to study and manipulate complex biological systems, with a focus on developing new technologies for basic science and biomedical applications. In addition, combinatorial and rational methods are used to engineer designer protein and peptide ligands for a variety of applications including wound healing, cardiac tissue engineering, and cancer imaging and therapy.