Alexa is an undergraduate student majoring in physics. She works with Audrey on the structural color project exploring applications in plastic packaging. Alexa loves yoga and greek yogurt.
R was a research intern working on artificial cells, and specifically exploring the influence of micromotors on the kinetics of biologically inspired reactions. They received their Bachelor's degree in physics from Bryn Mawr College in 2015.
Jerome was a PhD student in Physics. His research involved characterizing and understanding the 3D dynamics of colloidal systems with holographic microscopy. He earned his PhD from Harvard in 2013.
Rees was a postdoctoral researcher who studied how viruses package and release their genomes. He developed methods to track these processes in real time. Rees has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from UCLA, where he worked under Bill Gelbart and Chuck Knobler.
Emily was a PhD student in Applied Physics studying the statistical mechanics of DNA-mediated colloidal interactions. She designed dynamic colloidal systems with precisely controlled and tunable binding strength and temperature dependence. She received...
Aaron was a PhD student in Applied Physics who studied the self-assembly of viruses using interferometric scattering microscopy and other interferometric techniques. He received his B.A. in physics and mathematics in 2012 from the University of Colorado...
Martina was a visiting master's student from TU Eindhoven. While in the Monoharan group she worked on developing fabrication methods for UV reflective polymer films and implementing more accurate models of scattering from polydisperse particles in...
Irep Gözen was a postdoctoral researcher who studied artificial cells and active systems. She received her PhD in 2013 from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, where she worked with surface-adhered vesicles to mimic cellular migration, in...
Ben is an incoming PhD student in applied physics, currently working on in-line holographic microscopy of cyanobacteria. He loves Wikipedia rabbit holes, mechanical clocks, and outdoorsy stuff.