Group Members
Zubenelgenubi Scott
Graduate Student, Department of Physics
Urey Hall 7246
Zuben is working on new mathematical and computational approaches to quantifying and simulating the motion of particles on tubular ER networks. He has developed new algorithms for modeling diffusive transport on spatial networks and is exploring the quantitative analysis of photoactivation data in the ER, in collaboration with the Westrate Group, Calvin University.
Keaton Holt
Graduate Student, Department of Physics
Urey Hall 7246
Keaton is developing simulations of mitochondrial network dynamics, as well as exploring live-cell imaging data on mitochondrial networks. His work is focused on understanding how transport, fission, and fusion parameters translate into cellular-scale mitochondrial structures and how these structures modulate the mixing of mitochondrial contents.
Mario Hidalgo-Soria
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Physics
Urey Hall 7246
Mario is developing models of mitochondrial distribution and clustering on neuronal dendritic arbors, focusing on the connections between arbor morphology, mitochondrial dynamics, and spreading of mitochondrial signals through the arbor.
Owen Santoso
Graduate Student, Department of Physics
Owen is exploring how the orientational and positional distribution of microtubules modulates the behavior of motor-driven particles in cylindrical domains.
Constance Zanze
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics
Constance is developing agent-based simulations for the diffusion of particles confined in channels of spatially varying width.
Lizzy Teryoshin
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics
Lizzy is investigating encounter dynamics for particles executing run-and-tumble motion, as well as particles moving along explicit cytoskeletal networks.
Former group members
Zitao (Albert) Yang
High school student, La Jolla County Day, class of 2023
Albert is now an undergraduate at Caltech.
Saurabh Mogre
Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Class of 2021
Now at the Allen Institute for Cell Science
Anamika Agrawal
Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Class of 2022
Now a Shanahan Foundation Fellow at the Allen Institute and University of Washington
Aidan Brown
Postdoctoral scholar, 2018-2020
Now Assistant Professor of physics, Ryerson University, Toronto.
Katherine Xiang
Visiting undergraduate student, summer 2019
Now a Hertz Fellow and graduate student at Harvard University, Biophysics.
Zexi (Larry) Yu
Undergraduate student, Department of Physics, class of 2021
Larry is now a Quant Analyst at State Street.
Yunhao (Mike) Sun
Undergraduate student, Department of Physics, class of 2022
Alexander Lorenzo
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics, class of 2019
Alex is now working as a free-lance mathematics tutor.