Merge pull request #198 from MyersResearchGroup/C.-Vitalis

C. Vitalis

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+---
+# Display name
+title: C. Vitallis
+
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- C. Vitallis
+
+#Author Names (alternative spellings etc)
+names:
+- C. Vitallis
+
+#Use 1 for PI, 100 for Current Postdocs, 200 for current phds, 300 for current masters, 400 for current undergrads, 800 for alum postdocs, 810 for alum phds, 820 for alum masters, and 830 for alum undergrads, 900 for tools, 1000 for projects, 900 for tools, 1000 for projects
+weight: 202
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: Graduate Researcher, Ph.D.
+
+university: University of Colorado Boulder
+
+department:
+- Biomedical Engineering
+
+projects:
+- AI for SynBio
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: University of Colorado Boulder
+  url: ""
+
+# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts)
+#bio: Works on biosecurity and evaluation of engineered DNA.
+
+interests:
+- Artificial Intelligence
+- Synthetic Biology
+- Genetic Circuit Design
+- Computational Biology
+- Lab Automation
+
+education:
+  courses:
+  - course: PhD in Biomedical Engineering
+    institution: University of Colorado Boulder
+    year: 2026
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:[email protected]" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+social:
+- icon: envelope
+  icon_pack: fas
+  link: mailto:[email protected]   # For a direct email link, use "mailto:[email protected]".
+# - icon: twitter
+#   icon_pack: fab
+#   link: https://twitter.com/GeorgeCushen
+#- icon: user-graduate
+#  icon_pack: fas
+#  link: http://dfcs.me/
+#- icon: github
+#  icon_pack: fab
+#  link: https://github.com/
+# - icon: orcid
+#   icon_pack: fab
+#   link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-5638
+- icon: university-logo
+  icon_pack: Custom_University
+  link: https://www.colorado.edu/certificate/iqbiology/people
+
+# Link to a PDF of your resume/CV from the About widget.
+# To enable, copy your resume/CV to `static/files/cv.pdf` and uncomment the lines below.
+# - icon: cv
+#  icon_pack: ai
+#  link: ""
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ""
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
+user_groups:
+- Researchers
+- Graduate Students
+
+#any user groups to display on the page
+display_groups:
+
+---
+
+Carolus Vitalis is a Chilean Ph.D. student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in synthetic biology. A National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, he is advancing the field with innovative projects like AI-driven de novo DNA sequence design. He has co-authored three book chapters on genetic network design and metadata representation, published by Springer Protocols. Carolus is also an accomplished community leader, serving as Vice President of the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students and a Synthetic Biology Open Language Editor.