Recent Graduates and Alumni

Navneet Sangha, Ph.D. 

Joe Dertouzo-  Working for General Dynamics in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Osman Akcakir
- Working with Shahid Kahn at the Molecular Biology Consortium, University of Illinios at Chicago.

Liz Rhoades- Liz received her Ph.D. from the Biophysics Research Division in 2000. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Watt Webb at Cornell. 

Peter Wolanin- Peter received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Michigan in 2000. The title of his thesis was APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY TO STUDIES OF PROTEIN DYNAMICS AND FOLDING. He currently holds a post-doctoral research position at Princeton University.

Eric Dirnbach- Eric received his Ph.D. from the Biophysics Research Division at the University of Michigan in 2000. The title of his thesis was BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE FOLDING OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE. He currently working for UNITE in New York City.

Chris Fischer - Chris received his Ph.D. from the Applied Physics Program at University of Michigan in 2000. The title of his thesis was Applications of Tryptophan Triplet-State Spectroscopy to Studies of Protein Dyamics. He currently holds a post doctoral position at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Kelly J Frye - Kelly is a former post-doc for the Steel/Gafni lab.  She is currently living in New Jersey.

Mike Lewis - Mike received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Michigan in 1998. The title of his thesis was Development of Near-Field Studies of Single Biomolecules. He currently holds a post doctoral position at the National Institutes of Health.

Anne Gershenson - Anne received her Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Michigan in 1996. The title of her thesis was Time Resolved Optical Methods For The Study Of Protein Folding And Conformation. She currently holds a faculty position at Brandeis University.

Vinod Subramaniam - Vinod received his Ph.D. from the Applied Physics Program at the University of Michigan in 1996. The title of his thesis was Applications of Time-Resolved Tryptophan Phosphorescence Spectroscopy To Protein Folding Studies.

Joe Mersol - Joe received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics at the University of Michigan in 1992. The title of his thesis was Room Temperature Tryptophan Phosphorescence Spectroscopy As A Probe Of Protein Structure. He is currently at the University of Minnesota.

Aydin Orstan- Aydin is currently working for the FDA in Washington, D.C.

John Hansen-

Bruce Schlyer

Jeff Plomer


Peter Tummino

Westley Sherman

Associates Of The Lab:

Nils Bergenhem - Nils is currently Vice President for Research at Institute for Diabetes Discovery in Brandord, CT.