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Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members
Appendix B: Biographies of Committee Members
Pages 140-145
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Colburn and Professional P rogress awards of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar award, a Miller Research Professorship, a National Young Investigator award, an NIH Director's Pioneer Award, and the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award for Life Sciences.
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She was an NIH-NRSA postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research program involves the development of protein and peptide mimics based on biostable foldamers as well as novel materials for genetic analysis on microfluidic devices.
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Glotzer is professor of chemical engineering, materials science and engi neering, and physics at the University of Michigan. She also holds the titles Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and is a faculty affiliate in the University of Michigan's Center for Theoretical Physics, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, and the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, where she serves on the executive board.
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David Needham is professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University. He also holds appointments as associate professor of biomedical engineering; associate professor, Center for Cellular and Biosurface Engineering; and associate professor, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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His work has included the theory and measurement of intermolecular forces, ion trans port across cell membranes, protein conformation, colloids, aqueous interfaces, liquid crystals of lipids, protein, and nucleic acids. He is a fellow of the Biophysical Society and its former president, and he received the Society's Distinguished Service Award in 1995.
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Currently, his group's research is focused on elucidating structures and interactions of supramolecular assemblies of biological molecules. This includes the elucida tion of key parameters that control the interactions between proteins derived from the eukaryotic nerve cell cytoskeleton and lead to hierarchical structures, with the ultimate goal of relating structure to function; understanding DNA interactions with oppositely charged biomolecules in the context of DNA packing; and devel oping synthetic carriers of genes and short-interfering RNA for gene delivery and s ilencing applications.
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