Meet the team

Meet the team

Casey M. Platnich, Ph.D.

Principle Investigator

I’m a physical chemist from Canada. I completed my Ph.D. in supramolecular chemistry and single-molecule fluorescence at McGill University in 2021. From 2021-2025, I was a Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellow in Biophysics at the University of Cambridge, where I developed single-molecule nanopore assays to detect pathogenic RNAs. Outside of the lab, I run long distance, practice yoga, and host dinner parties. Otherwise, you can find me curled up with a book and a cup of coffee.