Group
Members
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Graduate
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Jennifer
Kirchhoff
Jennifer is currently studying liquid crystal
materials, focusing on the chiral tilted smectic phases.
She is researching the structural details and mechanics
of these phases and looking at them as a function of temperature.
She completed her bachelors in both physics and mathematics
at Carnegie Mellon University in May of 2005. Her personal
interests include baseball, rock climbing, and writing
fiction.
Learn more about Jennifer's research here
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Lam Nguyen
Lam is studying the self-assembly process of biological polymers into different structures using experimental imaging techniques such as TEM and fluorescence microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Lam did his bachelor’s degree in physics at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam. His hobbies are watching TV and movies, reading newspapers, listening to music and playing sports, especially soccer and badminton. |
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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Dr Jing Yuan
Jing’s research focuses on phase separation in both supported bilayers and giant unilamellar vesicle systems, regarding the existence of raft-type domains in biological membranes and their role in numerous cellular processes. In her work a series of phospholipids and sphingolipids, as well as cholesterol, will be involved to mimic the raft-contained membrane structure, which can be visualized by CLSM and AFM. Jing received her Ph. D degree in 2004 from the Institute of Chemistry, CAS, China, studying molecular assembly at the air/water interface. She joined this group in Oct. 2006 after she finished her first postdoctoral research with Dr. Thomas Fischer at FSU. She enjoys pop music, movies, and playing badminton. |
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Undergraduate
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Michael Uhler
Michael is a freshman working towards a degree in physics. He is currently working on self-assembly in the cell membrane using model lipid systems. His interests include traveling, martial arts, and rock music.
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Tyler Thomas
Tyler is a senior working towards a degree in biophysics.
He is currently beginning research into Indium Tin Oxide thin
films for liquid crystal device applications. His interests
include surfing, golf, fishing, and riding dirt bikes. |
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| Former group members |
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Yohanes Pramudya. Now working with Prof. Vladimir Dobrosavljevic at the National High Magnetic field laboratory.
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Alex Kiss. Plans to attend graduate school in Oregon 2008.
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