Richard M. Murray is a synthetic biologist and Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering at Caltech, California.
[5] Murray received a BS in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1985.
[3][6] Murray joined Caltech in 1991 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
He was named the Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering in 2009.
[3][9] Murray is a founder and steering group member of the Build-a-Cell Initiative, an international collaboration investigating creation of synthetic live cells.