The Physical Virology Group

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Physics
Principle Investigator: Prof. Alex Evilevitch

   NEWS & Events

• Graduate Student Krista Freeman was awarded a 2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship.
• Graduate Student Dave Bauer is awarded an Outstanding Presentation Prize at the Grad Expo 2013 at the University of Pittsburgh (March 21, 2013).
• Professor Evilevitch has been awarded an NSF grant (June 2012).
• Graduate Student Udom Sae-Ueng receives Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship for impressive research accomplishments in Physical Virology (February 2012).
• "Physicist Makes Pivotal Discovery", Carnegie Mellon Front Page, July 17th, 2010.
• "Researcher says physics may outsmart viruses" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
• "Carnegie Mellon Physicist the First To Measure Energy Released From a Virus During Infection" Carnegie Mellon University press release, February 5th, 2010
• "Energy of Attacking Virus Revealed" Science Daily,
  January 2010
• "High-powered living DNA cannon" Nano Tsunami - Nano Medicine in depth, 2005
• "DNA Goes Ballistic" Science,
  July 2003
• "Some viruses faster than a speeding bullet" ABC News,
  July 2003

People

Principle Investigator: Prof. Alex Evilevitch Associate Professor (Physics) Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA Courtesy Appointments: CMU Biology Department, CMU Chemistry Department Faculty at Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Program, Center for Mechanics and Engineering of Cellular Systems Program, and Lund University, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology Office: Wean Hall 6418 Phone: (412) 268-2748 Fax: (412) 681-0648 Email: alexe@andrew.cmu.edu   Postdoctoral Scholar Picture Name Information Dr. Dong Li Email: dol207@Lehigh.edu Office: Wean Hall 6324 Tel: (412) 268-4206   Graduate Students Picture Name Information Udom Sae-Ueng Email: usaeueng@andrew.cmu.edu Office: Wean Hall 6402 Tel: (412) 268-4473 Reserach Topic: Atomic Force Microscopy of viruses Ting Liu Email: tingl1@andrew.cmu.edu Office: Wean Hall 6402 Tel: (412) 268-4473 Reserach Topic: Calorimetric measurement of DNA release Dave Bauer Email: davebauer8@gmail.com Office: Wean Hall 6402 Tel: (412) 268-4473 Research Topic: Differential Scanning Calorimetry Krista Freeman Email: k.g.freeman22@gmail.com Office: Wean Hall 6324 Tel: (412) 268-4206 Research Topic: Differential Scanning Calorimetry   Research Scientist Picture Name Information Dr. Ivetta Shefer Email: ivettas@andrew.cmu.edu Office: Wean Hall 6324 Tel: (412) 268-4206

Undergraduate Students

Picture	Name	Information
	Sean MacGahan	Email: smacgaha@andrew.cmu.edu Major: Physics
	Aditya Das	Email: adityad@andrew.cmu.edu Major: Physics

Former Group Members

- Elmar Nurmemmedov (Postdoc)

- Meerim Jeembaeva (defended Ph.D. thesis on March 15, 2011)

- John Pettersson (Ph.D. student)

- Katherine Robbins (Ph.D. student)

- Alice Basin (Undergraduate student)

- Marilia Cabral do Rego Barros (Ph.D. student)

- Abhishek Mandal (Graduate student)

- David Marino (Research assistant)

- Katherine Forsyth (Undergraduate student)