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People
Stuart Lindsay, Director
Email: Stuart.Lindsay@asu.edu
Education: BSc.(1972) , PhD (1976), Physics, University of Manchester, England
Stuart Lindsay, Ph.D., specializes in biophysics at the molecular level and scanning probe microscopy. Much of his work is aimed at speedier diagnosis and an understanding of the molecular basis of disease. He holds 29 US patents and is a technology advisor for the Atomic Force Microscope Division of Agilent Technologies. Agilent has acquired Molecular Imaging Corporation, which he co-founded in 1993.
Dr. Lindsay's lab conducts innovative research in biological physics, molecular electronics, solar energy and condensed matter physics. The Lindsay Lab researchers are interested in how genes work, and study the way in which proteins change DNA structure to switch genes on and off. They are also interested in the chemistry and physics of the liquid-solid interface, and are trying to understand electrochemical and charge transfer processes at the single-molecule level. One project that Dr. Lindsay is pursuing is a new method of DNA sequencing to allow much faster and cheaper sequencing of individual human genomes. His radical approach involves electron tunneling through electrodes funtionalized with molecules that recognize the DNA bases.
His 29 patents cover mostly technology for atomic force microscopy and new devices based on molecular electronics. After receiving his PhD in Physics from the University of Manchester, Dr. Lindsay spent two years as a consultant at Philips Industries in London before joining the faculty at ASU. He has been at ASU for 30 years. His body of published work comprises over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of the first comprehensive text for nanoscience, "Introduction to Nanoscience" (OUP, 2009). Dr. Lindsay sits on the editorial boards of Biophysical Journal and AIP Press International Series in Basic and Applied Biological Physics. He also holds the position of Associate Editor for Probe Microscopy at Ultramicroscopy. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.
Peiming Zhang, Associate Professor Research
Email: Peiming.Zhang@asu.edu
Surface Chemistry
Chemical synthesis
Tech & Admin Staff
Maggie Black, Administrative Associate
Email: Margaret.Black@asu.edu
Michael Dodson, Research Specialist
Email: michael.dodson@asu.edu
Research Support
Steve Woodward, Research Specialist
Email: Steven.Woodward@asu.edu
Education: Associate degree, Mechanics, Broome Community College, NY. Bachelor degree, Electrical Engineering, Binghamton University, NY
Worked 20 years for IBM designing and building specialized manufacturing equipment for IBM's production facilities. I have been a member of the Lindsay Lab since 1996 providing research support.
Post Docs
Brett Gyarfas, Research engineer
Email: Brett.Gyarfas@asu.edu
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz (2005-2010)
B.S. in Computer Engineering, Washington State University (2000-2004)
Research on system integration of nanopore and recognition tunneling for DNA sequencing(2010-).
Brian Ashcroft, Associate Research Scientist
Email: BRIAN.ASHCROFT@asu.edu
PhD in Biophysics, 2007, ASU
(Research on Forced Translocation of DNA Hairpins through a tight mole nanopore studied by Atomic Force Microscopy)
First employment: Postdoc, Leiden University
Current research: machine learning algorythms to allow the automatic discrimination of single Molecules by scanning tunneling microscopy.
Pei Pang, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: ppang1@asu.edu
Education: B.S. Physics, Wuhan University, China (2001-2005); M.S. Physics, Wuhan University, China (2005-2007); PhD in Physics, Arizona State University, US (2007-2011)
Research Direction: nanofluidic devices
Grad Students
JongOne Im , Physics Graduate Student
Education:
BS(Physics): KonKuk University, Seoul, South Korea (2009)
MS(Physics): University of Houston, Houston, TX (2011)
PhD(Physics): Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (2011- )
Current research direction: Recognition tunneling for DNA sequencing(started at 2012)
Hao Liu, Chemistry Graduate Student
Education: B.S. Chemistry, Beijing University, China
Chemistry PhD candidate, ASU, 2007 fall-
Research Direction (start from 2008): DNA sequencing
Padmini Krishnakumar, Physics graduate student
PhD, ASU, US (2008 spring- )
Department of Physics research assistant 2008-2013
Research direction: Analysis of transport of molecules in nanopores
Saikat Manna, Chemistry graduate student
Email: smanna1@asu.edu
Education: M.Sc. (Chemistry) IIT Kharagpur (2010), India.
PhD. Candidate (Chemistry): ASU(from Fall 2010-)
Research direction: Cancer research
Sovan Biswas, Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: sbiswa11@asu.edu
Education: BSc (Chemistry): Calcutta University, Kolkata, India (2004-2007) ; MSc (Chemistry): IIT Madras, India (2007-2009),
PhD (Chemistry): Arizona State University (started 2010 Fall- )
Current Research: Chemical Synthesis, DNA Sequencing
Subhadip Senapati, Chemistry graduate student
Email: ssenapa2@asu.edu
Education: MSc (Chemistry): IIT Madras, India (2009)
BSc (Chemistry) : Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2007)
MSc (Chemistry): IIT Madras, India (2009)
PhD (Chemsitry): ASU, US (2009- )
Current research: Cancer research (started at 2010)
Suman Sen, Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: ssen8@asu.edu
Education: M.Sc.(Chemistry) IIT Kharagpur(2010), India
PhD Candidate (Chemistry): ASU (From 2010 Fall -)
Research Direction: Recognition Tunneling for DNA Sequencing
Weisi Song, Physics Graduate Student (2008 fall- )
Education: MS in physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2008
Research direction(start from fall, 2009): Optical detection of CNT nanofluidics
Yanan Zhao, Physics Graduate Student
Education: B.S. Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Phd candidate, ASU, 2008, fall-
Current research direction(start from 2010 fall): Recognition tunneling for DNA sequencing
Undergraduate Associates
Garrett C. Nelson, Physics undergraduate Student (research assistant)
I am a Junior in the Undergraduate Physics program of ASU. I joined the group in Winter 2010.
Michael Tuchband, Physics undergraduate Student (research assistant)
Education: B.S, physics, ASU (2008- )
Join the lab from 2009 summer
Research: STM probe fabrication, functionalization, characterization; low noise current amplifier design
Peter Costa, Physics undergraduate Student (research assistant)
I'm an undergraduate in Physics going to graduate in Fall of 2012 and going into biophysics for my Ph.D. I have been in the lab since November 2010 working with Parminder Kaur. I enjoy school, music, and my wife and little daughter Francesca.
Former Group Members
Ashley Kibel, Physics Graduate Student
Email: ashley.kibel@asu.edu
Education: B.S. in Physics, ASU
Research Direction(2004-2010): electron transfer, organic photovoltaic cell
First employment: Field Engineer, Agilent
Chen Fan, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(2002-2005)
Research on Molecular Electronics
Current position: Research staff, Swedish Hospical in Seattle, WA
Di Cao, Physics Graduate Student
Email: dcao4@asu.edu
Education: B.S. USTC, China
PhD in Physics, ASU: 2006 -2011
Research Direction: nanofabrication, nanofluidic
Feng Liang, Research Scientist
Education: PhD in Chemistry, 2005, Wuhan University, China
Chemical synthesis
Ganesh Ramachandran, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(2001-2003)
Research on Molecular Electronics
Current position: Intel
Hongda Wang, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(2001-2007) Research on using scanning probe microscopy to study chromatin structure and function in a liquid environment.
Current position: Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
Iris Visoly-Fisher, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(2004-2007)
Research on Biomolecular Electronics
Current position: Senior Lecturer, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Jin He, Assistant Professor Research
Email: JinHe@asu.edu
Education: PhD in Biophysics, 2005, ASU B.S.in Physics, Fudan University, China.
(2001-2011)
Electron transport in molecule & nano systems
CNT based nanofluidics
Current position: Assistant Professor, Florida International University
Lisha Lin, Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: llin12@mainex1.asu.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, ZhongShan University, China
(2004-2009) research on hydrogen bond aided tunneling signatures for DNA sequencing
Liyun Lin, Physics graduate student
(2003-2009)
Research on MAPPING HISTONE EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION ON NANOSCALE
First employment: Postdoc at Professor Wickramasinghe's group at UCI
Michael Morrison, Research Scientist
Email: Michael.Morrison@asu.edu
(2006-2009), DNA nanoarray
Parmindar Kaur, Physics Graduate Student
Education: B.S. Delhi University, India
Research Direction: Recognition Imaging
Qiang Fu, Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: qfu@asu.edu
Education: B.S.in Chemistry, Fudan University, China
Researc Direction(2005-2010): Chromatin structure
First employment: Assistant Professor(Assistant Researcher), Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, China
Quinn Spadola, Physics graduate Student
(2002-2008)
Research on Novel Approaches to DNA Sequencing
Current position: MFA, Science and Natural History Filmmaking
Ralph Bash, Postdoctoral Research Associate
(2001-2006)
Research on Chromatin
Sen Peng, Chemistry graduate student
Chemistry PhD candidate, ASU, 2009 fall-2011 fall
Research direction(start from 2010): Cancer research
Shahid Qamar, Physics graduate Student
(2002-2009)
Research on DNA Translocation Through a Molecular Nanopore: Molecular Dynamic Study
Current position:Research Associate, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, university of Louisville, Kentucky
Shenqing Li, Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Wuhan University
time in the group: 2009-2010
Shreya Bhattacharyya, Chemistry Graduate Student
Email: Shreya.Bhattacharyya@asu.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Calcutta University, India
ASU chemistry PhD candidate: 2004 fall-
Research Direction(from 2005): electron transfer, organic photovoltaic cell
Shuai Chang, Physics Graduate Student
Education: B.S. Physics, Fudan Univeristy,China
ASU Physics PhD candidate, 2007 fall- 2012
Research Direction(start from 2007 fall): Recognition tunneling for DNA sequencing
Shuhui Wan, Assistant Research Professional
chemical synthesis (start from 2009)
Shuo Huang, Physics Graduate Student
Education: B.S. Nanjin University, China
In the group: 2006 fall-2011 spring
Research Direction(start from 2006 fall): Recognition tunneling for DNA Sequencing
First employment: Postdoc at University of Oxford
Tao Luo, Physics graduate student
Email: tluo6@asu.edu
Education: USTC (M.S. in condensed matter physics)
Phd candidate, ASU, 2008, fall- 2012
Current research direction(start from 2009 spring): CNT based nanofluidic devices
Tomoyuki Morta, Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Visiting Scholar
2006-2007: Single molecule conductance measurement
Xiaodong Cui, Physics graduate student
(1997-2001)
Researc on investigation of single molecule electronics by scanning probe microscopy
Current position: Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
