Biophysics Faculty
Faculty members from the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Physics and Astronomy are addressing questions or methodologies of molecular or cellular biophysics as a major component of their research. The biophysics PhD program brings together this group of talented and specialized experts with diverse research interests.
Joe Angleson
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: cell physiology of endocrine cells/spatial-temporal aspects of intracellular signaling and vesicle trafficking
Cedric Asensio
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: cellular mechanisms of neuroendocrine secretion
Scott Barbee
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: dynamics of mRNPs in neurons in vivo
Todd Blankenship
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: dynamic regulation of epithelial tissue architecture
Erich Chapman
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: mechanisms of RNA decay
Gareth Eaton
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: imaging local oxygen concentration in vivo
Sandra Eaton
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: measurement of distances between paramagnetic centers in proteins
Kingshuk Ghosh
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research interests: theoretical statistical mechanics to model the thermodynamics and kinetics of protein folding, misfolding, aggregation and the role of fluctuations in biology
Scott Horowitz
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: nucleic acids effects on protein folding and aggregation
Michelle Knowles
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: membrane fusion and transport of chemicals across the plasma membrane
Sunil Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests:
Erich Kushner
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests:
Daniel Linseman
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration and neurotrauma
Dinah Loerke
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Research interests: quantitative image analysis and spatiotemporal dynamics of cellular and subcellular events
Martin Margittai
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research interests: protein folding and misfolding related to neurodegenerative diseases
Yan Qin
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: developing genetically encoded probes to reveal the biological roles of zinc in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Schuyler van Engelenburg
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: host-cell factors involved in promoting virus assembly and release
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Ann Wehman
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Research interests: extracellular vesicle release and cell corpse clearance
