People
Investigators
Margaret L. Gardel
Center Director
Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics, Molecular Engineering, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute
Arvind Murugan
Center Deputy Director & MA1 Co-Coordinator
Associate Professor of Physics, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute
Aaron Dinner
MA3 Co-Coordinator
Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute
Brent Doiron
Professor of Statistics, Neurobiology
Bennett Goldberg
Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Director, Program Evaluation Core Northwestern University
Elizabeth Jerison
Assistant Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute
Seppe Kuehn
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
Peter Littlewood
Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute
Noah Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Edwin Munro
Professor of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
Sidney R. Nagel
Education & Outreach Co-Coordinator
Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, James Franck Institute
Jasmine Nirody
Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Stephanie Palmer
MA3 Co-Coordinator
Associate Professor of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, Physics
Rama Ranganathan
Joseph Regenstein Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Engineering, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
Mike Rust
MA1 Co-Coordinator
Professor of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics
Jack Szostak
University Professor & Professor of Chemistry
Suri Vaikuntanathan
MA2 Co-Coordinator
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, James Franck Institute
Vincenzo Vitelli
MA2 Co-Coordinator
Professor of Physics, James Franck Institute
Rebecca Willett
Professor of Statistics, Computer Science
Affiliates
Zosia Krusberg
Department of Physics, The University of Chicago
zosia@uchicago.edu
Thierry Mora
Clifton Ragsdale
Professor of Neurobiology, and Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory
cragsdale@uchicago.edu
Aleksandra M Walczak
CNRS and LPENS
awalczak@phys.ens.fr
Patrick Lemaire
CNRS
patrick.lemaire@crbm.cnrs.fr
Thomas Lecuit
Collège de France (Paris), IBDM and Turing Center for Living Systems (Marseille), France
thomas.lecuit@univ-amu.fr
Monika Scholz
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior in Bonn, Germany
monika.scholz@mpinb.mpg.de
Catherine Crouch
Professor of Physics, Department Chair, Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College
ccrouch1@swarthmore.edu
Ajay Gopinathan
agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
Kinjal Dasbiswas
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Merced
kdasbiswas@ucmerced.edu
Sebastian Streichan
Associate Professor of Physics and of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
streicha@ucsb.edu
Postdocs
Maryn Carlson
NITMB Fellow
PhD: Genetics, genomics, and systems biology
Groups: Arvind Murugan
mocarlson@uchicago.edu
Debasmita Mondal
Yen Fellow
PhD: Physics
Groups: Margaret Gardel
debasmita@uchicago.edu
Riccardo Ravasio
Yen Fellow
PhD: Physics
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Rama Ranganathan
rravasio@uchicago.edu
Nico Romeo
Biological Physics Fellow
PhD: Physics
Groups: Vincenzo Vitelli
nromeo@uchicago.edu
Mason Rouches
CLS Fellow
PhD: Physics
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Suri Vaikuntanathan
rouchesm@uchicago.edu
Sang Hyun Choi
CLS Fellow
PhD: Physics
Groups: Vincenzo Vitelli
sanghyunchoi@uchicago.edu
Graduate Students
Samar Alqatari
Physics
Groups: Sid Nagel
Kyle Bojanek
CNS
Groups: Stephanie Palmer
Milena Chakraverti-Weurthwein
Biophysics
Groups: Seppe Kuehn, Arvind Murugan
Chris Chi
Chemistry
Groups: Aaron Dinner
Shoshana Chipman
Physics
Groups: Brent Doiron
Sylvia Durian
Computational Neuroscience
Groups: Stephanie Palmer
LaNijah Flagg
Physics
Groups: Arvind Murugan
Daiki Goto
Physics
Groups: Suri Vaikuntanathan
Yichao Guan
Biophysics
Groups: Brent Doiron
Emily Hendricks
DRSB
Groups: Noah Mitchell
Emily Hinds
PME
Groups: Rama Ranganathan
Amanda Johnson
DRSB
Groups: Margaret Gardel
Rathi Kannan
PME
Groups: Seppe Kuehn
Adam Kline
Physics
Groups: Stephanie Palmer
Tyler Kramlich
PME
Groups: Rama Ranganathan
Kiseok Lee
Ecology and Evolution
Groups: Seppe Kuehn
Jesse Lin
Physics
Groups: Seppe Kuehn, Vincenzo Vitelli
Darren Liu
Biophysics
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Aaron Dinner
Yujia Liu
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Groups: Mike Rust
Zhaoning Liu
Physics
Groups: Sid Nagel
Ayanna Matthews
Physics
Groups: Margaret Gardel, Sid Nagel
Rio Ondo
Molecular Engineering
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Jack Szostak
Dawn Paukner
CNS
Groups: Stephanie Palmer
Sean Quigley
Molecular Engineering
Groups: Rama Ranganathan
Rudy Mendez Reina
Biophysics
Groups: Seppe Kuehn, Arvind Murugan
Sarah Root
ISTP/Biophysics
Groups: Aaron Dinner, Margaret Gardel
Eric Rouviere
Biophysics
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Rama Ranganathan
Luca Scharrer
Physics
Groups: Vincenzo Vitelli
Matthew Schmitt
Physics
Groups: Vincenzo Vitelli
Diane Schnitkey
MGCB and Physics
Groups: Rama Ranganathan, Mike Rust
Gengshuo Tian
Applied Math
Groups: Brent Doiron
Kristina Trifonova
Chemistry
Groups: Arvind Murugan, Suri Vaikuntanathan
Cheyne Weis
Physics
Groups: Peter Littlewood, Stephanie Palmer
Mahmoud Yousef
MSTP
Groups: Seppe Kuehn
Haibei Zhang
Biophysics
Groups: Sid Nagel, Jasmine Nirody
Andy Zhang
Physics
Groups: Margaret Gardel
Staff
Liya Ding
Staff Scientist
liyading@uchicago.edu
Eileen Sheu
Administration/
Outreach
ecs@uchicago.edu
Rachel Strom
Operations Coordinator
rstrom@uchicago.edu