Losert Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Wolfgang Losert

Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems
wlosert at umd.edu
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Research Scientists and Postdocs

Kate O'Neill

Actin Dynamics in Primary Astrocytes and Neurons serve as integrators of Chemophysical cues
with Dr. Valentina Benfenati at the National Research Council of Italy
Dr. Edward Giniger at the National Institutes of Health
oneillkm@umd.edu
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Aminah Sheikh

Crowd Coding of the Brain (Holobrain.Org)
with Dr. Patrick Kanold (UMD)
aminahs@umd.edu
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Esteban Wright

Physics of granular systems with applications to asteroids and low gravity environments
Department of Astronomy
ewrigh10@umd.edu

PhD Students

Abigail Adams

Information theoretical analysis of biological systems
Department of Physics
amadams@umd.edu

Noah Sansern Chongsiriwatana

Dynamics of driven living neural networks
Department of Physics
nschong@umd.edu

Dulara De Zoysa

Real time analysis and holographic optogenetic stimulation of neuronal populations
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
dularadz@umd.edu

Arijit Dutta

Acoustic Forcing
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
adutta16@umd.edu

Anna Emenheiser

Large scale collective neural network dynamics
Biophysics Program
- with Dr. Kan Cao
aemen@umd.edu

Sylvester Gates

Coupled Biomechanical and Ionic Excitability in Developing Neural Cell Networks
Biological Sciences Graduate Program
sgates1@umd.edu

William Grunow

AI based inference of causality networks in biological systems
Department of Physics
wgrunow@umd.edu

Cathy Gu

AI-enabled quantification of Collective Dynamics
Department of Physics
sgu12@terpmail.umd.edu

Corey Herr

Modeling Shape Dynamics on nanostructured surfaces
Department of Physics
cherr@umd.edu

Matt Hourwitz

Fabrication of Biocompatible Nano-topographical Surfaces
Department of Chemistry - with Dr. J Fourkas
mhourwit@umd.edu

Hoony Kang

Mathematically modelling neural physics into machine learning
Department of Physics
kangh@umd.edu

Nick Mennona

Collective Information and Communication in Morphologically Distinct Astrocytes
Department of Physics
nmennona@terpmail.umd.edu

Spandan Pathak

Neurotransmitter regulated macroscale tissue rhythms
Quantification and Analysis of Spatio-Temporal waves in Dynamic Cellular Systems
Biophysics Program
spandanp@umd.edu

Karima Jeneh Perry

Excitable Systems perspective on the cellular impact of Elongate Mineral Particles (Asbestos)
Biological Sciences Graduate Program
kjperry1@umd.edu

Qiuchi Song

Analysis of RNA sequencing data
Biological Sciences Graduate Program
qiuchi@umd.edu

Undergraduate Students

Raisa Fahreen

Developing trainable living neural networks for hybrid computing
Institute for Physical Science and Technology (IPST)
r74@umd.edu

Katherine Li

Optical perturbation and computational modeling of living neural network dynamics
Department of Computer Science
kli17@terpmail.umd.edu

Jerry Shen

Study of Actin waves in Dictyostelium on Nanotopography.
Department of Biology.
jshen100@terpmail.umd.edu

Chloe Widman

Optical interrogation of large scale neural networks
Visiting undergraduate researcher from Brown University, Department of Physics
chloewidman@gmail.com

Visiting Researchers

Emanuela Saracino

Visiting Neuroscience Researcher
PhD Student, CNR Bologna

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Offices & Lab Spaces

Professor Losert:
Physical Sciences Complex
Room 1147, (301) 405-0629
Biodynamics Labs:
Physical Sciences Complex:
      Room B0149
      Room B0163, (301) 314-2011
      Room B0256, (301) 314-2018
Granular Lab:
Physical Sciences Complex:
Room B0163, (301) 314-2011
Postdoc and Student Offices:
Physical Sciences Complex
      Room 1129, (301) 405-9875
      Room 1131, (301) 405-4780
      Room 1145, (301) 405-4788
      Room 1147
      Room 1266

Addresses

Physical Sciences Complex
(Building Number 415)
4296 Stadium Dr.
College Park, MD 20742

Losert Lab