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Principal Investigator
Seth Fraden
Position:
Principal Investigator, Professor of Physics
Period:
1989 - Present
Educational Background:
Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1987
Courses
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Research Staff
Nate Tompkins
Position:
Assistant Director of Research and Education
Period:
May 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions, synchronization
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Baptiste Blanc
Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Period:
January 2016 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Synthesizing Belousov–Zhabotinsky actuated hydrogels
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Michael M. Norton
Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Period:
December 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Mechanical Engineering
Research Area:
Modeling coupled Belousov–Zhabotinsky Oscillators and B-Z actuated hydrogel mechanics
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Achini Opathalage
Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Period:
October 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Protein Crystallization and Active Matter
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Mohamed Amine Gharbi
Position:
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Period:
January 2017 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Active Matter
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Graduate Students
Maria Eleni (Marilena) Moustaka
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
July 2016 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions
Ian Hunter
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
July 2016 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Pattern formation in complex networks of non-linear coupled oscillators
S. Ali Aghvami
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
September 2014 - Present
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Multiphase microfluidics
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Undergraduate Students
Yanlin Li
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Microfabrication
Amanda Chisholm
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2016 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Youssef Fahmy
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2017 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Blake Langesley
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2017 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Active Matter
Anne Okrah
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2017 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Rhiannan Flynn
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2017 - Present
Educational Background:
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Recently Graduated Students
Camille Girabawe
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
July 2011 - April 2017
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions
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Achini Opathalage
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
June 2011 - October 2015
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Protein Crystalization
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Nate Tompkins
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
May 2010 - May 2015
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions, synchronization
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Ning Li
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
May 2009 - February 2015
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions, synchronization
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Sathish Akella
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
June 2008 - August 2013
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Protein Crystallization
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Michael Heymann
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
June 2008 - August 2013
Educational Background:
Biochemistry
Research Area:
Everything
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Rafael A. Cabanas (Phoenix)
Position:
Graduate Student
Period:
December 2008 - August 2013
Educational Background:
Physics
Research Area:
Self Assembly of viruses
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Matt Cambria
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
January 2013 - May 2015
Educational Background:
Brandeis Physics Student
Research Area:
Microfluidic Techniques
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Adam Wang
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
June 2013 - May 2015
Educational Background:
Brandeis Physics Student
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions, synchronization
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Jacob Gold
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
June 2013 - May 2015
Educational Background:
Brandeis Physics Student
Research Area:
Belousov–Zhabotinsky nonlinear reactions, chemical computation
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Chris Hong
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
May 2014 - May 2015
Educational Background:
Brandeis Biological Physics Student
Research Area:
Microfluidic Protein Crystalization Methods
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Affiliated:
Dongshin Kim
Position:
Director of Microfluidics
Period:
Jan 2009 - February 2015
Educational Background:
PhD. Mechanical Engineering
Research Area:
Microfluidics
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Ye Zhang
Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Professor at Okinawa
Period:
2011 - 2014
Educational Background:
Chemistry, PhD
Research Area:
Supramolecular Hydrogels
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Lab Alumni:
Alex Mitchell
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Spring 2016 - Summer 2016
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Neuroscience
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Remi Boros
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Johnson Agyapong
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2016 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Vardges Tserunyan
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Jesse Held
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Fall 2015 - Present
Educational Background:
Brandeis University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Anna Kolstad
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2015
Educational Background:
Princeton University Physics
Research Area:
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction
Austin Prince
Position:
Undergraduate Student
Period:
Summer 2015
Educational Background:
Eckerd College Physics
Research Area:
Thermal Plastics
Nolan Flyyn
Yue Hu
Group Beach Trip:
Climbing
2016, Central Rock
2016, Mt. Lafayette
2015, Crane's Beach
2014, Crane's Beach
2013, New Hampshire
