Biological Physics Program

Program Committee

Michael Hagan
Michael Hagan
Professor of Physics and of Quantitative Biology
Biological Physics, Committee
781-736-2845 Abelson-Bass-Yalem Building, 350

Expertise: Statistical mechanics, biophysics, soft condensed matter physics, computer simulations, theoretical modeling

Seth Fraden
Seth Fraden
Professor of Physics
781-736-2888 Abelson-Bass-Yalem Building, 214

Expertise: Complex fluids, interparticle interactions and phase transitions in colloidal suspensions, entropy driven disorder-to-order transitions, physics of protein crystallization and the development of microfluidic-based, high-throughout crystallization devices

Thomas C. Pochapsky
Thomas C. Pochapsky
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
781-736-2559 Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, 655

Expertise: Self-assembly of chemical and biological systems; transient interactions in solution by NMR; NMR of soluble proteins; protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis; structure and function of metal-containing enzymes and proteins; molecular basis of Parkinson's disease

Paul Miller
Paul Miller
Associate Professor of Biology
Biological Physics, Committee
781-736-2890 Volen National Center for Complex Systems 317
  • Expertise: Systems neuroscience, mathematical modeling, computer programming, dynamical systems, cognition and memory

W. Benjamin Rogers
W. Benjamin Rogers
Chair, Biological Physics
Assistant Professor of Physics
781-736-2857 Abelson 221

Expertise: Complex fluids and biological physics; programmable self-assembly of soft materials; colloidal interactions and phase transitions; DNA nanotechnology; self-organization of active matter; optical trapping and single-molecule science