Elizabeth A. Strychalski is the team leader of Cellular Engineering Group at National Institute of Standardss and Technology (NIST). Strychalski served as a Program Manager in the Biological Technology Office (BTO) at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Her current research focuses on discovering and testing fundamental rules to predict and control the engineered function of biological systems.

She received a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Rochester and M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University.