Thomas Perkins
Siewny
Matthew did his undergraduate work in physics at Kenyon College. He holds the Colorado Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship.
Seol
Yeonee works in the Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, within the National Institutes of Health.
Roskens
Violet earned her M.S. from The University of Vermont. Her M.S. subject was: Molecular Characterization of the Yellowjackets and Hornets (Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Vespinae): Proteomic and Phylogenetic Investigations.
Paik
Hern earned his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. subject in physical chemistry was: Femtosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Anionic Systems. He was awarded a National Research Council Fellowship.
Okoniewski
Stephen completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at Northwestern University. He was supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and an NIH/CU Graduate Training Grant. He used high-precision single-molecule optical traps to study the biomechanics of nucleic acids and nucleic acid - protein complexes.
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