Professor

Margaret Gardel (homepage) (cv)
Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University, 2004
Department of Physics, James Franck Institute & Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
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Research Scientist

Yvonne Beckham
Ph.D. Developmental Biology, University of Toronto, 2003
Molecular Biology Godsend, Actin Cross-linking Proteins, Gene Expression
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Postdocs

TaeYoon Kim (homepage)
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,2010
Computational simulation of cytoskeleton
email: kimty@uchicago.edu

Sayantan Majumdar
Ph.D., Physics,
Indian Institue of Science, 2013
Local and Global Dynamics of Driven Biopolymer Networks
email: majumdar@uchicago.edu

Venkat Maruthamuthu (homepage)
Ph.D., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Forces and Mechanics of Adherens Junctions
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Michael Murrell
Ph.D., Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
Building Something that Moves and Divides
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Patrick Oakes (homepage)
Ph.D., Physics,
Brown University, 2009
How do Cells sense Stiffness?
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Graduate Students

Thomas Caswell (homepage)
Physics Department
B.A., Physics, Cornell University, 2007
Jammed Colloidal Materials, High Speed Confocal Microscopy
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Tim Fessenden
Committee on Cancer Biology
B.S., Cell & Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Cancer & Cell Migration
email: tim.fessenden@gmail.com

Patrick McCall
Physics Department
B.S., Engineering Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009
Stress Relaxation and Filament Turnover in Polymer Networks
email: pmccall2@uchicago.edu

Guillermina Ramirez-San Juan
Biophysics Program
B.S., Physics, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2011
Mechanics of Migration and Morphogenesis
email: guillermina@uchicago.edu

Samantha Stam
Biophysics Program
B.S., Biochemistry, Michigan Tech, 2010
Cell Contraction Theory
email: smstam@uchicago.edu

Stephen Winter
Medical Scientist Training Program
B.S., Chemistry, University of Michigan
Integrins and Adhesion
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Undergraduates

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Alumni

Jonathan Stricker
Graduate Student, 2006-2013, Micro-contact Printing of Extracellular Matrix Proteins to Control Focal Adhesion Size and Stress Fiber Architecture

Todd Thoresen
Post-Doc, 2008-2013, In vitro Reconstitution of Model Contractile Systems

Chris Harland
Post-Doc, 2010-2012, Cortex Mechanics in Early C. Elegans Embryos

Tobias Falzone
Graduate Student, 2008-2012, In Vitro Models of Bundled Systems

Martin Lenz
Post-Doc, 2009-2012, Theoretical Physics of Biological (Soft) Matter

Melanie Norstrom
Post-Doc, 2009-2012, Mechanics of Non-muscle Myosin II Structures

Moshe Noaz
Post-Doc, 2010-2011, Simluations of Crosslinked Actin Networks

Yvonne Aratyn-Schaus
Post-Doc, 2007-2010,Regulation of Cellular Traction Forces by F-actin Dynamics

Zach Feiger
Technician, 2007-2010,
Currently: Biology Graduate Student at Brandeis

Eric Hsuing
Summers 2008,2009, Cell Adhesion, Exerting Stresses and Strains on Stress Fibers

Chris Kelso
Spring 2008, Course PH335, Exerting Stresses and Strains on Stress Fibers

Uri Morone
Summer 2009, REU Summer Student, Myosin II Tracking

Shivani Pathak
Summer 2009, REU Summer Student, Substrate Stiffness Sensing

Jon Sellon
2007-2010, Undergraduate Researcher, Cellular Mechanosensation
Currently: H.S.T. Graduate Student at M.I.T.

Samantha Stam
Summer 2009, REU Summer Student, Contractile in vitro Networks

Lawrence Uricchio
2008-2009, Biophysics Program, Myosin II

Nora Tramm
Spring 2009, Course PH335, Strain Propogation in Stress Fibers