University of Chicago · Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Noah
Kahn
Molecular engineering undergraduate at the University of Chicago, bioengineering track, with a specialized minor in quantum information science. I work at the intersection of biology and physics, with current projects involving cell culture, microfluidics, and computer vision.
Currently
I'm interested in tools that make biological systems easier to measure — microfluidic experiments, imaging systems, computational pipelines, and quantitative models. My work sits between wet lab biology, engineering, and software.
Research Focus
Quantitative Systems Biology
Microfluidic live-cell experiments, mammalian cell culture, quantitative biological assays, and triculture systems.
Computer Vision for Biological Imaging
GPU-accelerated image analysis, CPSAM segmentation, CUDA-enabled pipelines, cell classification, and ML dataset generation.
Medical Imaging & Translational Engineering
Incoming Fogarty Innovation / Enspectra Health project involving multiphoton laser scanning and reflectance confocal microscopy.
Lab Work
Research
Tay Lab
Undergraduate Researcher · Prof. Savas Tay · University of Chicago
Sole undergraduate researcher in a 20+ person systems biology lab at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.
- – Fabricating and operating microfluidic devices for live-cell experiments and quantitative biological assays.
- – Applying mammalian cell culture techniques for live-cell microfluidic triculture experiments.
- – Developing computer vision pipelines for quantitative image analysis and cell classification.
Selected Work
Projects
Tay Lab — University of Chicago
AI-Powered Microfluidic Image Analysis
Live-cell microfluidic triculture experiments generate image data that needs scalable quantitative analysis.
Developing a GPU-accelerated pipeline using CPSAM segmentation and CUDA-enabled computer vision for cell classification and ML dataset generation.
Independent — structural bioinformatics
Mitochondrial Disease Research
Isolated Complex II deficiency and SDHx-associated diseases require integrating pathogenic variant data with structural protein models.
Analyzing protein structure and disease-associated variants using AlphaFold, PyMOL, ChimeraX, gnomAD, and ClinVar.
Genehackers RSO
Genelock — Novel Antimicrobial Platform
Programmable DNA sequestration may offer a synthetic-biology approach to antimicrobial design.
Contributing to the wet lab team by writing protocols, designing assays, and identifying target sequences using UniProt.
Background
Experience
Lefteroff Intern
Fogarty Innovation / Enspectra Health · Silicon Valley, CA
June 2026 – August 2026
Medical devices
- – Competitive fellowship placing undergraduates in early-stage medical device companies in Silicon Valley.
- – Selected for an Enspectra Health project involving hardware and software work on a novel skin imaging system.
- – System combines multiphoton laser scanning and reflectance confocal microscopy.
Teaching Assistant
Quantitative Bioscience Center · University of Chicago
December 2025 – Present
Teaching
- – Tutor undergraduate and graduate students in R, Python, and computational biology tools including RStudio, SnapGene, BLAST, and related software.
- – Support courses through office hours, lectures, labs, grading, quizzes, and instructional materials.
Program Assistant
Abundance Foundation · Chicago · Boston · Kigali
June 2025 – Present
Program
- – Work at the intersection of global health, academic medicine, and program operations.
- – Support work connected to Partners in Health and Harvard's Department of Global Health & Social Medicine.
Summer Intern
Southwest Airlines · Nashville, TN
June 2022 – August 2022
Industry
- – Built Python-based automation systems for PPE inventory and barcode labeling workflows.
- – Improved operational efficiency for ramp equipment tracking.
Academic Background
Education
University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
B.S. Molecular Engineering, Bioengineering Track
Specialized Minor in Quantum Information Science
Selected Coursework
G graduate levelCourses TA'd
Activities
Technical
Skills
Programming & Analysis
ML & Image Analysis
Bioinformatics & Structural Biology
Experimental Biology
Visual Work
Photography
I photograph portraits, events, campus life, and lab spaces — mostly around Chicago. The science photos here are from a tour of EeroQ's quantum hardware facility.
Available for Bookings
Based in Chicago. Reach out for headshots, portraits, lab documentation, or event coverage.
Main Quad — winter
Quantum chip — EeroQ
Harper Library
Cherry blossoms — campus
Dilution refrigerator hardware — EeroQ
Mansueto Library
Campus architecture
Campus gate — winter
Let's connect
Get in Touch
Open to conversations about any of my many interests, from engineering to biophysics to chess to talking about UChicago, don't hesitate to reach out!
noahkahn@uchicago.edu