The Biophysics Program brings together faculty from biochemistry, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics working on questions at the intersection of the physical and life sciences.
Personnel
Research Areas
- Cell mechanics
- Immunophysics
- Physics of neural networks
- Networks in Biology
- AI enabled biology
- Far from equilibrium statistical physics
- Quantum Sensors
- Bioimaging
Please see the Maryland Biophysics Website for Biophysics Faculty in other departments and for more information on the Biophysics Graduate Program: http://marylandbiophysics.umd.edu/
Biophysics News
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Leonard Campanello (Ph.D. ’20, physics) spent the last three years on an ambitious mission—helping billions of Google Maps users find exactly what they’re looking for. “I worked on the search...
UMD Awarded $2 Million to Build a Quantum Biosensing Test Bed
Physics Professor Wolfgang Losert , Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics Professor Kan Cao , Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor John Fourkas , and Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate...
Exploring the Mechanics of Life’s Tiniest Machines
Maria Mukhina hopes to shine a new light on how the intricate machinery of life works at its most fundamental level. With a background in physics, optics and nanotechnology, the assistant professor...
