Lindsay Repka, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

2019 Topic: Engaging with Addison County About CRISPR-Cas9

Biography:

Lindsay Repka

Lindsay Repka is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department at Middlebury College. Lindsay earned her B.A. in Chemistry from Barnard College and her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Caltech. She then pursued postdoctoral work in Biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign before joining the faculty at Middlebury College in 2017.

At Middlebury, Lindsay teaches courses in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Her research is focused on developing new methods for identifying the biological targets of molecules that have promising biological activity and thus potential as drugs.