Tal Danino is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University. His lab focuses on engineering bacteria for biomedical applications, with a particular emphasis on developing bacteria as a cancer therapy. Originally from Los Angeles, Tal received a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UCSD, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. . He is the recipient of awards including the NSF CAREER Award, DOD Era of Hope Scholar Award, CRI Lloyd J Old STARS Award, Pershing Prize, and is a AIMBE and TED Fellow. He directs the Synthetic Biological Systems Laboratory and is a member of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Data Science Institute.
Short CV (updated 2025-28-04). Full CV available on request
2011–2015, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005–2011, Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego
2001–2005, B.S. Physics, Chemistry, Math, University of California, Los Angeles