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Hernan H. Garcia
Current office and 2026 campaign
Hernan H. Garcia is a Democratic candidate running for the United States House of Representatives in Tennessee's 1st Congressional District during the 2026 election cycle 1. The general election is scheduled for November 3, 2026, with the primary election taking place on August 6, 2026 1. Garcia met the candidate filing deadline of March 10, 2026, to qualify for the ballot 3.
Campaign finance data registered with the Federal Election Commission indicates that Garcia has filed reports as a candidate for Tennessee House District 05 in 2026 4. The outcome of the upcoming August primary and November general election remains unknown.
Background and education
Hernan G. Garcia was born in Argentina and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires in 2003 58. He subsequently moved to the United States to pursue graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he earned a PhD in Physics in 2011 while working in the laboratory of Rob Phillips 58.
Following his doctoral work, Garcia completed postdoctoral research in the Physics Department at Princeton University from 2011 to 2014. During this period, he served first as a Dicke Fellow and later as a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface Fellow in the laboratory of Thomas Gregor 58.
Career
Hernan Garcia is a Principal Investigator and Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development and Physics at the University of California, Berkeley 2. He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2003, followed by a PhD in Physics from the California Institute of Technology in 2011 58. His doctoral work was conducted in the laboratory of Rob Phillips 5.
From 2011 to 2014, Garcia held a postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at Princeton University, serving first as a Dicke Fellow and later as a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface Fellow in the laboratory of Thomas Gregor 58. He joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 2015 as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Physics, later becoming an Associate Professor 56. His research focuses on physical biology, specifically aiming to uncover the quantitative and predictive principles dictating biological phenomena and embryonic development 267. In 2022, he was awarded the Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator award by the Society for Developmental Biology for his outstanding research in developmental biology 2.