Faculty
Douglas Martin, Associate Professor of Physics (and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Warwick Medical School, thanks to collaborations there) CV
I collaborate on microscope development with Rob Cross and Nick Carter, both of the University of Warwick.
Current Research Students
- Zachary Andersen, ’23 (Physics)
- Raisa Fatima, ’23 (Physics/Economics)
- Perla Viera, ’23 (Biochemistry/Chemistry)
Former Research Students
- Gretchen Niederriter, ’20; microtubule mechanics (most recent: programmer, Epic)
- Mattias McMullin, ’20; microtubule machine learning (most recent: University of Victoria Physics PhD)
- Eleanor Goblirsch, ’19; microtubule stiffness (most recent: University College London MS in Drug Discovery)
- Shafi Noss, ’19 (Reed); microtubule mechanics (most recent: founder, Noss Investments)
- Lucas Myers, ’19; microtubule machine learning (most recent: University of Minnesota Physics PhD)
- David Germaine, ’18; microtubule mechanics (most recent: consultant, Perficient)
- Anh Hoang Trong Nam, ’18; microtubule gliding assays (most recent: University of Minnesota Mathematics PhD)
- Augustus Lowry, ’18; microtubule gliding assays (most recent: Duke Biochemistry PhD)
- Michael Ray, ’18; fluorescence imaging of mitochondria (most recent: Northwestern Biochemistry PhD)
- Owen Cook, ’16; TIRF microscope characterization (most recent: microscope technician, Bruker)
- Kirstin Edwards, ’16; TIRF microscope development (Fulbright in Germany; most recent: Queen Quail)
- Margaret Mahaffa, ’15; stiffness of microtubules (MD University of Iowa; most recent: medical resident Buffalo)
- Amber Betzold, ’15; autonomous microtubule tracking (MS University of Rochester Optics; most recent: Optical Engineer, VIAVI)
- Ashley Coenen, ’15; microscope construction (most recent: Georgia Tech Physics PhD)
- Dan Thoresen, ’14; stiffness of microtubules (most recent: Yale University Biochemistry PhD)
- Dylan Herman, ’14; automatic microscopy (most recent: Quality Control, AbVie)
- Anna Ratliff, ’14; stiffness of microtubules (PhD Purdue University Chemistry; most recent: NIH postdoc)
- Michael Wennerstrom, ’14; STORM in microtubules (MS University of Washington Aerospace Engineering; most recent: Blue Origin)
- Gus Black, ’13; real-time single particle tracking (most recent: Quality Assurance, WPS)
- Melissa Klocke, ’12; multi-wavelength single molecule fluorescence imaging (PhD University of California, Riverside Mechanical Engineering; most recent: UCLA postdoc)
- Lin Zhao, ’12; FRET in microtubules (MD University of Wisconsin; most recent: medical resident)
- Carol Bodnar, ’11; stiffness of individual microtubules (MS University of Cincinnati Medical Physics; most recent: Medical Physicist, Bangor ME)
- Brian Van Hoozen, ’12; varying microtubule protofilament number (PhD Cornell University Chemistry; most recent: Professor at Nova Southeastern University)
- Lu Yu, ’11; measuring microtubule protofilament number (PhD Washington University in St Louis Biochemistry; most recent: WUStL postdoc)
- Erik Anderson, ’10; individual microtubule fluorescence microscopy (MS University of California, Berkeley Chemistry; most recent: Integral Ad Science)
- Julia Malyshev, ’10; asymmetry in kinesin motility (MS University of Wisconsin Engineering; most recent: UW Medical Physicist)
- Kelsey Bettridge, ’11; high-speed analysis of kinesin motility (PhD Johns Hopkins University Biophysics; most recent: NIH postdoc)
- David Harbage, ’09; microscope construction; orientational imaging of single molecules (PhD Brandeis University Physics; most recent: Acceleron Pharma)
- David Meichle, ’10; microscope construction; nm precision characterization (PhD University of Maryland Physics; most recent: Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
- Rob Niederriter, ’10; microscope construction (PhD University of Colorado Physics; most recent: UCLA postdoc)