Previous Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Scientists
Aleksandr Smirnov
(Manager, CMNS Imaging Incubator ). Crowd Coding of the Brain (Holobrain.Org)with Dr. Patrick Kanold (UMD), Dietmar Plenz (NIMH/NIH) and Mark Histed (NIMH/NIH)
asmirnov at umd.edu
Rachel Lee
Dynamics of Collective Cell Motionwith Dr. Stuart Martin at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Current Position: Bioimage Data Analyst, Janelia Research
Personal Website
Anton Peshkov
Dynamics of Granular SystemsCurrent postion: Assistant Professor, Cal State Fullerton
Google Scholar and Web of Science
Sebastian Schmidt
Current Position: Data Scientist, Major Tech Company
Satarupa Das
(2013 - 2016)Actin Wave Dynamics of Amoeboid Migrating Cells
Current Position: Biotech Industry LinkedIn
Gabriel Frank
(2016)Current Position: Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
gabriel.a.frank at gmail.com
Julián Candia
(2012 - 2014)Complex Systems Approaches for Living Systems
Current postion: Research Scientist, National Cancer Institute
Personal Website
Kerstin Nordstrom
(2011-2014)Dynamics of Granular Impact
Current postion: Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College
Personal Website
Mitch Mailman
(2011-2012)Properties of Granular Flow: Theory and Simulation
Erin Rericha
(2004-2011)Local Deformations of Biological Networks
Current position: Research Scientist
Brian Koss
(2009-2010)Current Position: In Industry
Previous PhD Students
Phillip Alvarez
Developing Novel Optical Toolsets for Visualizing Cellular Dynamics Across Multiple ScalesPhD Biophysics, 2023
Associate Director, xFoundry
alvarezp@umd.edu
Qixin Yang
PhD Physics, 2022Data Scientist, Major Tech Company
qxyang@terpmail.umd.edu
Abby Bull
PhD Physics, 2022abull1@terpmail.umd.edu
Zackery Benson
PhD Physics, 2021NRC Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg
zbenson@terpmail.umd.edu
Samira Aghayee
PhD Biophysics, 2021ORISE fellow at FDA
saghayee@umd.edu
Leonard Campanello (Lenny)
PhD Physics, 2020Pattern Analysis in Biological Systems
Data Scientist, Major Tech Company
Sergio Smith
Department of PhysicsLab Member 2019
John Giannini
Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques for Cell BiologyBiophysics Program - with Dr. Hari Shroff, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
jgiannin at umd.edu
Desu Chen
Collective Dynamics of CellsCurrent Position: NCI
Yang Shen
Emergent Behavior in Living SystemsChemical Physics Program - with Dr. Jayanth Banavar
shenyang at umd.edu
Deborah Hemingway
Physics Education ResearchBiophysics Program
Collective Cell Migration with Dr. Ajay Chitnis
Physics Education Research with Dr. Joe Redish
Personal Website, LinkedIn, Consulting
dheming at umd.edu
Song Chen
Biophysics Programsong1989 at umd.edu
Eleanor Ory (EChO)
Cytoskeletal Responses in the Extravasation Stage of MetastasisBiophysics Program - with Stuart Martin, University of Maryland School of Medicine
eleanor.ory at gmail.com
Chenlu Wang
PhD Biophysics 2016Robotic Cell Dynamics
Biophysics Program - with Dr. S.K. Gupta
clwang at umd.edu
Xiaoyu Sun
Nanofabrication to control cell dynamicsDepartment of Chemistry - with Dr. J Fourkas
PhD Chemistry 2015
Erin Marshall
Neuronal Imaging and DynamicsDepartment of Physics - with Dr. Patrick Kanold
Lab Member 2014
Meghan Driscoll
PhD Physics 2013 - with Dr. J FourkasDynamics of Cells on Flat and 3D Surfaces
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Guang Shi
Network Analysis of Living SystemsBiophysics Program
Lab member 2013
Sagar Chowdhury
PhD Mechanical Engineering 2013 - with Dr. S.K. GuptaMotion Planning for Automatic Cell Manipulation
Ryan Maunu
Physics DepartmentLab member 2012
Current PhD Student at the University of Maryland
Naomi Murdoch
Current position: Planetary Scientist and Physicist, Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace in Toulouse, France
Mark Herrera
PhD Physics 2013 - with Dr. E. OttNetwork Analysis of Granular Fracture
Industry, Heron Systems, Inc.
Personal Website
Colin McCann
PhD Physics 2011Collective Dynamics of Cells
Industry, Decisive Analytics Corporation
Personal Website
Beatriz Burrola
PhD Physics 2010Current Position: Lecturer, Ohio State University
Brooke Hester
PhD Chemical Physics 2010Current Position: Professor, Appalachian State University
Masahiro Toiya
PhD Physics 2006Onset of Granular Flows by Local and Global Forcing
Andrew Pomerance
PhD Physics 2009Current Position: President, Potomac Research LLC
Matt Ferguson
PhD Physics 2007Current Position: Professor, Boise State University
Michael Newey
PhD Physics 2006Current Position: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Justin Stambaugh
PhD Physics 2004Current Position: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Previous Masters Students
Luc Meniolle D'Hauthuille
Masters Physics 2019
Rodica Bauer
Masters Bioengineering 2012Cory Poole
Masters Physics 2007Current Position: Teacher, University Preparatory School in Redding, CA
Previous Post-Baccalaureate Students
Ava Omidvar
Actin and Focal Adhesion Dynamics of Migrating Cells on Nanosurfaces
Mitch Weikert
Previous Undergraduate Students
Ariel Nicastro
Acoustic forcing of neuronal cellsTREND (2023) undergraduate researcher from Middle Tennessee State University
arinicastro@gmail.com or arinic@umd.edu
Amilee Huang
Epithelial cell dynamicsDepartment of Biology
ahuang20@terpmail.umd.edu
Douglas Domingues
Real time analysis of in vitro experimentsDepartment of Physics
dsnd@terpmail.umd.edu
Bryan Rezende
Electric field forcing on cellsDepartment of Physics
brezende@terpmail.umd.edu
Bethany Taylor
Department of Mechanical Engineeringbmtaylor0716@gmail.com
Colin Yancey
Devices and Analytics of long term imaging of collective motionDepartment of Physics
bcyance18@umd.edu
Brianna Wachter
Acoustic Micromanipulation simulations and experimentDepartment of Physics
briannatwachter@gmail.com
Emily Robinson
AFM imaging of cell dynamicsDepartment of Biochemistry
ekrobin3@terpmail.umd.edu
Mengwen Shi
Acoustic Micromanipulation simulations and experimentDepartment of Physics
mshi1235@terpmail.umd.edu
Jenna Feeley
Data Analysis for Gut-Microbiome-Brain-Axis (GMBA) project.Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
jmfeeley@terpmail.umd.edu
Darrell Fischer
TREND (2021) undergraduate researcher from Purdue Universityfische72@purdue.edu
Esther Maidoh
Cell Migration on NanotopgraphiesB.S. Biological Sciences 2020
Bianca Reginauld
Cytoskeletal Responses to NanotopographyB.S. Biochemistry 2020
Apurva Raghu
Image Analysis of Sperm Cell MorphologyLab Member 2019
Viktor Belay
Modeling the collective behaviour of Dictyostelium discoideumCollaborating student from American University
Amanda Smart
B.S. Biochemistry 2019
Allison Kang
Cell Migration and Actin Wave DynamicsB.S. Biology 2019
Aviva Borison
3D Visualization and Reconstruction
Jordan Corbett-Frank
Hardware/Software Integration and Structural Analysis of Biological DataB.S. Physics 2018
Alex Sukharev
Shannon Fox
Paula Rodriguez
Tiffany Duong
Dylan Powers
Sima Koolaee
NF-κB Signaling in T cell Activation and in vivo Immunitywith Dr. Brian Schaefer, USUHS
Robert Tully
Actin and Focal Adhesion Dynamics of Migrating Cells on Nanosurfaces
Michael Lin
Rotations in Granular MatterB.S. Physics 2014
Current Position: PhD student at Arizona State University
Jaclyn Weisz
Analyzing Neutrophil Movement Along Topographic Surfaces -- with Satarupa DasBiological Sciences, 2014
Andrew Shaw
Impacts in Granular MatterLab Member 2013
Joshua Aldridge
Lab Member 2013
Bobby Vinson
Lab Member 2012Current bioengineering student at the University of Maryland
Peter Kordell
BS Physics 2013Chris Berardi
BS Physics 2009
Jacqueline Owens
BS Physics 2009Current positions: Industry (Accelovance), Masters student at John Hopkins University
Emmanuel Cephas
BS PhysicsLab Member 2007-2008
Using Complex Network Theory to Search for Connection between Macroscopic Plasticity & Local Particle Rearrangement Events in Granular Materials
Current position: Miyagi
Jozsef Meszaros
Lab Member 2005-2006Giant Unilamelar Vesicles
Current position: Neuroscience PhD Candidate at Columbia University
William Derek Updegraff
BS PhysicsPrevious High School Students
Bessie Huang
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Ema Smith
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Akshay Guthal
Alan Li
Vinona Muralidaran
Past Visitors
Lea Delance
Visiting Granular Dynamics ResearcherMasters Student, École normale supérieure de Lyon
Alexandre V. Morozov
Sabbatical visitor for 2013-2014Evolutionary dynamics and mechanisms of molecular evolution
Modeling chromatin structure and eukaryotic gene regulation
morozov at physics.rutgers.edu
Personal Website
Miguel Gonzalez
Visiting Student from Universidad Autónoma de MadridDynamics of Granular Rods in Rotational Shear Flows -- with Matt Harrington
Andrew Belmonte
WebsiteWim Briels
Burger's Program Visitor 2010Willem van de Water
Burger's Program Visitor 2008
Tong Shen
Visiting Student 2012Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Mathijs Vermeulen
Visiting Student 2011Graduate Student, Eindhoven University of Technology
Ludovic Jacob
Visiting Student 2010Graduate Student, University of Rennes
Matthias van de Raa
Visiting Student 2010Graduate Student, University of Twente
Joshua Dijksman
Visiting Student 2008University of Leiden
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Wageningen University (Netherlands)
Joost Weijs
Visiting Student 2008Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon
Allyson Rice
TREND 2013University of Texas at Austin
Current Position: PhD student at UT Southwestern, Molecular Biophysics
Samuel Engel
TREND 2011
