2026
Engineering Sensor-Based Antithetic Integral Controllers for Enhanced Dynamic Performance and Noise Attenuation
Cell Systems, 2026, Link to Poster
Assistant Professor · University of Cambridge
Maurice Filo
Research at the intersection of control theory, dynamical systems, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence.
Department of Engineering · Information Engineering Division
Control Group · Fellow of Gonville and Caius College
Areas of inquiry
Research
Selected work
Recent publications
2026
GenAI-Net: A Generative AI Framework for Automated Biomolecular Network Design
Science Advances, 2026
2025
2025
An Input–Output Approach to Structured Stochastic Uncertainty in Continuous Time
International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2025
Updates & milestones
News
Joining Gonville and Caius College as a Fellow
Joined Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, as a Fellow on 5 October 2026.
Talk: From Genetic Feedback Control to AI-Designed Biomolecular Networks
From Genetic Feedback Control to AI-Designed Biomolecular Networks — Keynote at the Information Engineering Division Conference 2026, University of Cambridge.
Joining the University of Cambridge as Assistant Professor
Joined the University of Cambridge as Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering, Information Engineering Division, Control Group, on 1 September 2026.
Teaching dynamical systems at ETH Zurich
Teaching Introduction to Dynamical Systems at ETH Zurich with Prof. Khammash
Presenting sparse biochemical network design at CDC 2025
Gave a talk at CDC, Rio de Janeiro
Earlier updates
Invited seminar on genetic controllers at Cambridge
Invited talk at University of Cambridge on Engineering Genetic Controllers to Accelerate Adaptation and Attenuate Cellular Noise
Teaching control systems at Ashesi University
Another round of teaching Control Systems at Ashesi University in Ghana as part of the ETH for Development Masters Program
Promotion to Senior Research Scientist at ETH Zurich
Promoted to Senior Research Scientist in BioSystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
Teaching control systems through the Ashesi–ETH programme
Taught Control Systems at Ashesi University in Ghana as part of the ETH for Development Masters Program
Contributing to an SNSF Advanced Grant on genetic control systems
Our group received the SNSF Advanced Grant, which I contributed to, titled: "Theory and Design of Advanced Genetically Engineered Control Systems"
Filing a patent on intein-based controllers
Filed a patent titled "Intein-based controllers"
Organising an invited CDC session on biological controllers
Organized an invited session at the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Mexico titled "Biological Controllers"
Biomolecular PID invention recognised by the ETH Spark Award
Our PID patent ranked among the Top 20 Inventions Spark Award
Filing a patent on cellular network control
Filed a patent titled "Expression system and method for controlling a network in a cell and cell comprising the expression system"
Receiving the CCDC Best PhD Thesis Award
Received the Best PhD Thesis Award, Center for Control, Dynamical-Systems & Computations (CCDC)
Joining ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral researcher
Started Postdoc in BioSystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich
Completing a PhD at UC Santa Barbara
Completed PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Completing an MS in Mechanical Engineering
Completed MS in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
Receiving the UCSB Best Teaching Assistant Award
Received the Best Teacher Assistant Award at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCSB
Receiving the CCDC Outstanding Scholar Fellowship
Received the CCDC Outstanding Scholar Fellowship
Completing an MS at the American University of Beirut
Completed MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut