Author Archives: prteam

Steve is a Ph.D. student in Physics. He is interested in the intersection of physics and biology. His current research involves the physics of biological adhesion.

E-mail: sh3379[at]columbia.edu

Eran is a Research Scientist leading efforts in developing novel biomaterials to address important challenges in energy and healthcare. With a background in Neuroscience and Biotechnology, Eran is serving as the Entrepreneurial Lead in the technology commercialization efforts in drug delivery, funded by Columbia’s Biomedical Technology Accelerator Program, BiomedX.

E-Mail: es3349[at]columbia.edu

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Juan Quijano is a PhD student in the Biological Sciences Department at Columbia University. He currently develops methods for the generation of improved biomaterials building blocks using Biophysical and Synthetic Biology tools.

E-mail: quijano.j[at]columbia.edu

Youngkyu is a postdoctoral research scientist. He received his Ph.D. in School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering from POSTECH, Korea. His current research focuses on the applications of torsional harmonic cantilevers to observe fast dynamics in biological systems.

Suleyman is a postdoctoral research scientist in Sahin Lab at Columbia University. He received his B.S from Bogazici University in Turkey and his Ph.D. from Emory University. His research interests lie in the area of single molecule biophysics and he now focus on the nanoimaging of nucleic acids-enzyme complexes.

Onur is a postdoctoral research scientist in the Sahin Laboratory at Columbia University. He received his B.S and M.S from Istanbul Technical University and his Ph.D. from Koc University, Turkey in Mechanical Engineering. His current research focuses on developing bacterial spores based evaporation driven engines.

E-mail: oc2226[at]columbia.edu

Isabella E. Johansson is a senior at Columbia studying Physics. In 2013 Isabella conducted research in Cosmology with the Deepspace group, at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). In 2015 she started working with Aprile’s XENON dark matter group at Nevis laboratories (Columbia).

Today Isabella does experimental work in the Sahin Lab involving making (new) stand-alone spore materials, with aim toward scaling up both size and efficiencies of evaporation driven engines.

E-mail: iej2106[at]columbia.edu

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Kassidy Lundy is a recent graduate of Syracuse University. While majoring in Biophysics, she participated in biophysics research projects that sparked her interest in exploring computational and experimental biophysics in graduate school. Kassidy currently works with Postdoctoral researcher, Suleyman Ucuncuoglu, to explore the dynamics of the interaction between CRISPR-Cas9 enzymes and DNA using Atomic Force Microscopy.

Kayleigh Askin is a junior in Columbia College studying physics. She is interested in research related to single-cell and single-molecule mechanics.

Nate is Ph.D student in Physics. He is interested in molecular imaging and his current research investigates protein dynamics using atomic force microscopy.

E-mail: nas2173[at]columbia.edu

Davis is a senior in Columbia College studying Biophysics. He is using Bacillus spores to investigate their ability to capture the energy of water evaporation. Davis also enjoys taking excessively long walks through the city. Davis will be entering UC Berkeley in the Fall of 2015 to begin a PhD in Biophysics.

E-mail: dwg2112[at]columbia.edu