{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\n\nHernan 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].\n\nCampaign 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.\n\n## Background and education\n\nHernan G. Garcia was born in Argentina and obtained a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires in 2003 [5][8]. 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 [5][8].\n\nFollowing 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 [5][8].\n\n## Career\n\nHernan 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\u2019s 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 [5][8]. His doctoral work was conducted in the laboratory of Rob Phillips [5].\n\nFrom 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 [5][8]. 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 [5][6]. His research focuses on physical biology, specifically aiming to uncover the quantitative and predictive principles dictating biological phenomena and embryonic development [2][6][7]. 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].\n\n## Sources\n\n[1] [United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2026 - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Tennessee,_2026)\n[2] [An interview with Hernan Garcia - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37309909/)\n[3] [Candidate Lists | Tennessee Secretary of State](https://sos.tn.gov/elections/2026-candidate-lists)\n[4] [2026 Election United States House - Tennessee - District 05 - FEC.gov](https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/TN/05/2026/)\n[5] [Hernan Garcia | Physics - University of California, Berkeley](https://physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/hernan-garcia)\n[6] [Dr. Hernan Garcia- UC Berkeley- September 27, 2024 \u2013 Duke Center for Quantitative BioDesign](https://biodesign.duke.edu/2024/09/23/dr-hernan-garcia-uc-berkeley-september-27-2024/)\n[7] [The Garcia Lab - Berkeley](https://garcialab.berkeley.edu/)\n[8] [MB&B Special Seminar: Hernan Garcia, \u201cUsing Physics as a Microscope to Dissect Transcriptional Dynamics in Development\u201d | Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry](https://mbb.yale.edu/event/mbb-special-seminar-hernan-garcia-using-physics-microscope-dissect-transcriptional-dynamics)","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Hernan","fullname":"Hernan H. Garcia","lastname":"Garcia","middlename":"H.","office_history":[],"summary":"No evidence found linking Hernan H. Garcia to the 2026 Tennessee US House District 1 primary; sources identify him as an academic or other professionals.","terms":[],"token":"nliv5dR24J"}