Annabel Large

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As a PhD candidate in the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint PhD Program in Bioengineering, my thesis work focuses on modeling the evolution of proteins, both naturally occurring and artificially designed (i.e. directed evolution). I’m especially interested in combining modern deep learning architectures (transformer, Mamba) with classic mathematical models of sequence evolution. Before coming to Berkeley, I got my bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and spent one year as a Fullbright Scholar in Sweden. Outside of lab, I enjoy weightlifting, hiking around the bay, and dungeons and dragons podcasts. I also spend plenty of time with my work-from-home colleague, Crumbs the hamster.