Christopher Thomas Boughter, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Chicago

B.S., University of Maryland, College Park

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Biography

Christopher Boughter is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Computational Biology Section. Originally from Canton, Massachusetts, he received his B.S. in Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he built a strong quantitative foundation and an interest in research. Working with Dr. Jeffery Klauda and later Dr. Daniel Lathrop, he gained exposure to both computational and experimental research. Building off of this early exposure, he pursed a dual-mentored Ph.D. training in the labs of Dr. Erin Adams (Immunology and Protein Biochemistry) and Dr. Benoit Roux (Computational Biophysics) at the University of Chicago. His dissertation research in the Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences centered around the creation of a bioinformatic platform to uncover the mechanism behind antibody polyreactivity. His current project focuses on the expansion of this bioinformatic software (https://github.com/niaid/AIMS) to analyze immune repertoires from every molecular subset and broadly apply this analysis to a vast array of experimental systems. Broadly, he is interested in the nuances of T cell receptor signaling, immune repertoire diversity, and the application of information theory to signaling systems. Outside of the lab Chris enjoys hiking through the state parks of Maryland, playing pickup basketball, and rooting for all of the Boston sports teams.