Thaiesha A. Wright, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor ||  Department  of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Professor Wright began her scientific career by earning his B.S. in Chemistry from Spelman College in 2015. While at Spelman, she worked under the guidance of Dr. Letye Winfield synthesizing guanidine-based derivatives for breast and ovarian cancer treatment. In 2020, Dr. Wright received her doctoral degree in chemistry and biochemistry from Miami University, where she designed, synthesized, and tested protein-polymer bioconjugates for use in biofuel production. Dr. Wright then moved to University of Colorado Boulder as a chancellor's postdoctoral fellow and UCSD as a president's postdoctoral fellow where she studied enzyme immobilization and cellular engineering, respectively. Dr. Wright joined the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2022. Her laboratory works to better understand and exploit the interface of biology and materials science for industrial, agricultural, and biomedical applications.