Christina Hueschen

Christina Hueschen received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she worked with Sophie Dumont on cytoskeletal organization and mechanics and fell in love with physical biology. During her postdoctoral research in the group of Dr. Alex Dunn at Stanford University, she studied the gliding motility of unicellular parasites. Christina is a co-author of the book The Restless Cell: Continuum Theories of Living Matter, the result of a joy-filled adventure into the world of active matter with Rob Phillips. She joined the UCSD faculty in 2024.