Losert Lab

Principal Investigator
	Wolfgang Losert Nonlinear Dynamics of Complex Systems wlosert at umd.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
	Julian Candia Research Associate for the Cancer Technology Partnership Complex Systems Approaches for Living Systems juliancandia at gmail.com Personal Website
	Kerstin Nordstrom Dynamics of Granular Impact knordstr at umd.edu Personal Website
	Meghan Driscoll Dynamics of Cells on Flat and 3D Surfaces Department of Physics - with Dr. J. Fourkas mkd at umd.edu
PhD Students
	Desu Chen Collective Dynamics of Cells Biophysics Program desuchen at umd.edu
	Sagar Chowdhury Motion Planning for Automatic Cell Manipulation Department of Mechanical Engineering - with Dr. S.K. Gupta sagar353 at umd.edu
	Can Guven Modeling and Controlling Cell Dynamics Department of Physics cguven at umd.edu Personal Website
	Matt Harrington Dynamics of Granular Impacts and Shear Flows Department of Physics mjharrin at umd.edu
	Deborah Hemingway Defining the Pathological Phenotype of Acini Biophysics Program - with Dr. Kandice Tanner, National Cancer Institute dheming at umd.edu Personal Website, LinkedIn
	Rachel Lee Mechanics of Collective Cell Motion Department of Physics - with Dr. Carole Parent, National Cancer Institute rmlee at umd.edu Personal Website
	Eleanor Ory (EChO) Optical Stretcher and Mechanical Properties of Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cells Biophysics Program - with Dr. A. Upadhyaya eleanor.ory at gmail.com
	Joshua Parker Cell Dynamics Modeling Department of Physics jmparker at umd.edu
	Xiaoyu Sun Nanofabrication to control cell dynamics Department of Chemistry - with Dr. J. Fourkas xsun1222 at umd.edu
	Yang Shen Emergent Behavior in Living Systems Chemical Physics Program - with Dr. Jayanth Banavar shenyang at umd.edu
	Chenlu Wang Robotic Cell Dynamics Biophysics Program - with Dr. S.K. Gupta clwang at umd.edu
Undergraduate Students
	Michael Lin Rotations in Granular Matter mirber at verizon.net
	Ryan Shute with Dr. Jennie Leach, UMBC
	Zeshan Tariq Cell Stretcher zeshantariq2011 at gmail.com
High School Students
	Vinona Muralidaran
Visitors
	Andrew Belmonte Pennsylvania State University Website
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
	Mitch Mailman (2011-2012) Properties of Granular Flow: Theory and Simulation
	Erin Rericha (2004-2011) Local Deformations of Biological Networks Current position: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
	Brian Koss (2009-2010) Current position: in Industry
PhD Students
	Matthew Kretschmer (Physics) Lab member 2011-2012 Current PhD Student at University of Maryland
	Ryan Maunu (Physics) Lab member 2012 Current PhD Student at University of Maryland
	Naomi Murdoch Current position: Planetary Scientist and Physicist, Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace in Toulouse, France
	Mark Herrera (PhD Physics 2013) - with Dr. E.Ott Network Analysis of Granular Fracture
	Steven Slotterback (PhD Physics 2012) 3D Imaging of Granular Flows
	Colin McCann (PhD Physics 2011) Collective Dynamics of Cells Industry, Decisive Analytics Corporation
	Beatriz Burrola (PhD Physics 2010) Current Position: Preceptor in Physics, Harvard University
	Brooke Hester (PhD Chemical Physics 2010) Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
Masters Students
	Rodica Bauer (Masters Bioengineering 2012)
	Cory Poole (Masters Physics 2007) Current Position: Teacher, University Preparatory School in Redding, CA
Undergraduate Students
	Bobby Vinson (Bioengineering) Lab Member 2012 Current student at University of Maryland
	Peter Kordell (BS Physics 2013)
	Chris Berardi (BS Physics 2009)
	Jacqueline Owens (BS Physics 2008) Current positions: Industry (Accelovance), Masters student at John Hopkins University
	Emmanuel Cephas (BS Physics) Lab Member 2007-2008 "Using Complex Network Theory to Search for Connection between Macroscopic Plasticity & Local Particle Rearrangement Events in Granular Materials" Current Position: Miyagi
	William Derek Updegraff (BS Physics)
Past Visitors
	Wim Briels (Burger's Program Visitor 2010)
	Willem van de Water (Burger's Program Visitor 2008)
	Tong Shen (Visiting Student 2012) Shanghai Jiao Tong University
	Mathijs Vermeulen (Visiting Student 2011) Graduate Student, Eindhoven University of Technology
	Ludovic Jacob (Visiting Student 2010) Graduate Student, University of Rennes
	Matthias van de Raa (Visiting Student 2010) Graduate Student, University of Twente
	Joshua Dijksman (Visiting Student 2008) University of Leiden
	Joost Weijs (Visiting Student 2008)
	Emily Lim (TREND 2012) Duke University etl5 at duke.edu
	Johnny Trischler (Summer Student 2012 with Dr. S.K. Gupta) Louisiana Tech University jtt013 at latech.edu
	Samuel Engel (TREND 2011) sde2105 at columbia.edu
	Brian Slusher (TREND 2011) slusher.26 at osu.edu
Last updated by Rachel on May 15, 2013.  Please contact rmlee @ umd.edu for updates to this page and wlosert @ umd.edu for questions about the Dynamics of Complex Systems lab.
Many thanks to Deborah Hemingway for taking many of these photographs!