Dynamics and Control Laboratory: People
Principal Investigator William B. Dunbar (Bio) Assistant Professor Computer Engineering UC Santa Cruz Ph. (831) 459-1031 email: dunbar AT soe.ucsc.edu |
Postdocs & Staff Dr. Robin Abu-Shumays , Staff Research Associate Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Endocrinology Research Focus: molecular biology, nanopores. |
 Dr. Gang Wang , Postdoc Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz, Electrical Engineering Research Focus: Low-noise amplifier design. |
Graduate Students Daniel Garalde Ph.D. student, Computer Engineering Research Focus: Nanopore analysis of polynucleotide-binding enzymes. Applications of control in biophysics. |
 Brett Gyarfas Ph.D. student, Computer Engineering Research Focus: Measurement and control of DNA polymerase above a nanopore. |
 Atiye Alaeddini Ph.D. student, Computer Engineering Research Focus: Distributed air traffic control, air-to-air conflict avoidance algorithms. |
 Nick Hurt Ph.D. student, Chemistry (co-advised with Mark Akeson) Research Focus: Sinlge molecule measurement using a nanopore, modeling pre steady-state kinetics of DNA polymerase-DNA complexes above a nanopore. |
Undergraduate StudentsJessie RuckerAsma Uz-Zaman Edolfo Garza-Licudine |
AlumniGraudate StudentsNoah Wilson, Ph.D. (March 2009, dissertation)Andrew Trapani, M.S. (December 2008, thesis) UndergraduatesPatrick Ellis, SURF-IT student 09, Bradley UniversityCooper Sinclair Levy, SURF-IT student 08, UCSC / UC Berkeley Ayla Solomo, SURF-IT student 07, Wellesley College Elizabeth Koch, SURF-IT student 07, Carleton College |
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