Research Field:

Group Members:
    Roy Black - Visiting Scientist.

    Joan Bleecker - Graduate Student in Chemistry.
    Awards: Molecular Biophysics Fellowship 2011-2013, UW graduate travel grant to 2012 Faraday Discussions in London, 2012-2013 UW Chemistry Graduate Student Merit Fellowship, 2013 Biophysical Society Travel Award, 2013 Lindau Fellow

    Matt Blosser - Graduate Student in Physics.
    Awards: UW Graduate School Top Scholar Award, Molecular Biophysics Fellowship (twice), finalist 2010 Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award, 2012 Biophysical Society Travel Award

    Peter Holmes - Undergraduate Researcher.

    Sarah L. Keller - Professor of Chemistry.
    UW Chem. Dept. page, CV (pdf file), Associate Dean links, Personal links

    Jonathan Litz - Graduate Student in Chemistry.
    Awards: NSF Graduate Fellow, 2012 Lindau Fellow, Leon J. Slutsky Endowed Fellow, Brian R. Reid Fellows

    Thomas Portet - Postdoctoral Fellow.
    Awards: La Fondation Bettencourt Prix pour les Jeunes Chercheurs, UW Sackler Fellow, 2011 Travel Award to Soft Condensed Matter Gordon Conference, Prix Novela (Awarded by the City of Toulouse), Prix de l'Academie des Sciences - Inscriptions et Belles Lettres de Toulouse, Skinner Prize for Best Poster at the Faraday Discussion 161 on Lipids and Membrane Biophysics, London, 2013 UW Postdoctoral Mentor Award Honorable Mention

Links:

Want to work with us? What do we do?

    Description of how to apply to work in a lab (from Alex Merz's webpage).
    25-min 2010 lecture presenting some work to biochemists.
    30-min 2012 lecture presenting other work to theoretical physicists.

Outreach

Photos and Movies:
Alumni: Post-Docs, Ph.D.s, and Masters (and their awards)
    Jake Ashcraft - M.S. in Chemistry, 2009.
    Current Faculty at South Seattle Community College. Awards at UW: Natt-Lingafelter Graduate Award, UW-Chemistry Travel Award, Puget Sound Society for Technical Communication Scholarship.

    Adrienne Battle - Ph.D. in Physics, 2007.
    Current Faculty at Green River Community College. Awards at UW: ARCS Fellowship, Dept. of Physics Fellowship, IGERT Award from the UW Center for Nanotechnology.

    Mebbie Beattie - M.S. in Chemistry, 2004.
    Current Chemistry teacher. Awards at UW: Outstanding TA Award 2003, UW GK-12 Fellowship.

    Marcus Collins - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2008.
    Current Postdoctoral Fellow with Sharona Gordon. Awards at UW: Ruth Kirschstein NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship.

    Marci DeLeon - M.S. in Chemistry, 2002.
    Current Chemist with the USDA.

    Michael Halter - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2005.
    Current NIST Research Scientist. Awards at UW: UW-MDITR STC Postdoctoral Travel Grant.

    Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith - Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2010.
    Current Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Awards at UW: Natt-Lingafelter Graduate Award, Molecular Biophysics Fellowship, Nanotechnology Fellowship (twice), 2007 Biophysical Society Travel Award, Travel Award to 2007 Gordon Conference on Mechanisms of Cell Signaling (Oxford, UK), Fellowship to the Boulder Summer School for Complex Fluids and Biological Materials, UW Rabinovitch Fellowship, UW-Chemistry Travel Award, Best Poster at Geilo (Norway) Advanced Study Institute Winter School on Order, Robustness and Instabilities in Complex Systems, Travel Award to 2009 Gordon Conference on Soft Condensed Matter, UW 2009 CNT Student Symposium Best Presentation and Travel Award, UW Research Merit Award from the Rowland Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry, 2010 Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research (Iota Sigma Pi), Poster Award at National 2010 IGERT Project Meeting, 2011 College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Medal for Outstanding Graduate Student in Natural Sciences, 2011 UW Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award.
    Heena Lakhani - M.S. in Chemistry, 2007.
    Current Research Assistant at Harvard. Awards at UW: UW GK-12 Fellowship.

    Cynthia Stanich - Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2012.
    Current Chemistry Lecturer at UW Tacoma. Awards at UW: Honen Fellowship, Travel Award to Chemistry Education Research Graduate Student Conference, Travel Award to 2010 Biophysical Society Conference, 2nd Place 2011 Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award, Department of Chemistry 2010-2011 Outstanding Teaching Award, 1st Place 2012 Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Award, Travel Award to 2012 Conference on Transforming Research in Undergraduate STEM Education (TRUSE)

    Ben Stottrup - Ph.D. in Physics, 2005.
    Current Associate Professor and Distinguished Mentor in Physics at Augsburg College. Awards at UW: Nanotechnology Fellowship Award, ASCB Travel Award

    Sarah Veatch - Ph.D. in Physics, 2004; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2005.
    Current Assistant Professor in Biophysics at the University of Michigan. Awards at UW: Henderson Prize in Physics, Karrer Prize in Physics, Nanotechnology Fellowship Award, BMSD Fellowship Award, Biophysical Society SRAA Award, Travel Award NATO Biophysics Summer School, Poster Competition NATO Biophysics Summer School, ASCB Travel Award, Biophysical Society Travel Award.
Alumni: Undergraduate Researchers:
    Laniesha Cobb - UW NSF REU Participant; Became managing director at Teach for America.
    Marie Higinbotham - 2012 NSF REU Researcher, current UW undergraduate.
    Pokuan (Paul) Ho - Current UW undergraduate working in neuropathology at Harborview hospital.
    Ben Horst - Mary Gates Research Endowment Award, Washington Research Foundation Fellowship, 2011-12 UW Undergraduate Research Conference Travel Award; Current UW undergraduate conducting research with Jim Mayer.
    Thien-An Hua - 2010 NSF REU Researcher, pre-medical student at UW.
    Kim Klonoff - UW Chemical Sciences Research Fellow.
    Andrea Lamprecht - Undergraduate Researcher.
    Jialing Li - UW NSF REU Participant; Became graduate student at MIT.
    Matthew Loo - UW Undergrad Research Symposium Participant, Became professional engineer.
    Rayna Matsuno - Became PhD in cancer epidemiology from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
    Morgan McGuinness - 2011 NNIN REU Intern, Award for best NNIN poster; Current undergraduate.
    Nathan Pennock - UW Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow; Became scientist at Univ Colo Denver Health Sci Center.
    Jordan Starr - "Undergraduate Dream Team" Researcher; Became medical student at Univ of Michigan.
    Daniel Stevens - Became graduate student at UCSB, then staff scientist at PATH.
    Mark Stevens - 2007 & 2008 Mary Gates Scholar, UW Arts & Sciences Research Award, Chem Dept Merck Index Award; Became graduate student at MIT.
    Emily Terrell - UW Space Grant Summer Research Program student; Became graduate student in enology at UBC.
    Kathy Toreson - Became graduate student in neuroscience at Albany Medical College.
    Cameron Turtle - NSF REU "Undergraduate Dream Team" Researcher, 2009-10 Mary Gates Scholar, 2012 Rhodes Scholar. 2011 UW Goldwater Scholar. See ~5:30 in his TEDx talk


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