Research Group Members

Dr. Marcelo Daniel Marucho, PhD (Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UTSA)

Annitta George (UTSA PhD candidate, “Hydrodynamic and polyelectrolyte properties of single cytoskeleton filaments and higher-order structures” November 2023)

Md Mohsin (UTSA PhD candidate, “Polyelectrolyte Properties of Actin and Microtubule and Their Roles in Electrical Activities in Neurons” April 2022)

Morgain Locke (UTSA undergraduate student, summer program 2024)

Eric Caballero (UT Austin undergraduate student, summer program 2024)

Past Members

 

Post-doctoral Fellows

Dr. Vadim Varshavskiy (October 2013–September 2014, December 2015-December 2016, October 2018 – December 2023)

Dr. Santiago Bedoya (October 2020– December 2023)

Dr. Subba Kodigala (October 2020–May 2021)

Dr. Bharat Medasani (February 2011–January 2013)

 

MS and Graduate Students

Ernesto Alva, UTSA RISE fellow (PhD in Physics, “Hydrodynamic and polyelectrolyte properties of single actin filaments and actin bundling formation” December 2023)

Christian Hunley (PhD in Physics, “A novel study on intracellular information processing by actin filaments with an extracellular connection” May 2022)

Zaven Ovanesyan (PhD in Physics “Novel computational approach for studying ph effects, excluded volume and ion-ion correlations in electrical double layers around polyelectrolytes and nanoparticles” December 2014)

Amal Aljzmi (MS in Physics December 2014)

Asrar Khan (MS in Physics December 2014)

Manal Almusaynid (MS in Physics December 2014)

 

Research and Associate Assistants

Samrita Neogi (May 2017– March 2018)

Diego Uribe (December 2017—December 2018)

Esteban Valderrama (May 2013–July 2014, January 2016–December 2016)

Daniel Torrente (December 2013–December 2014)

Sandra Vergara (September 2013-September 2014)

 

Undergraduate Students

Jose Vega, UTSA MARC fellow (October 2019 – May 2021)

Tamara Typhair (December 2020 – May 2021)

Celest Pena (January 2020 – September 2020)

Joaquin Duran, UTSA MARC fellow (October 2019 – May 2020)

Alan Cendejas-Barona (January 2020 – October 2020)

Mark Rojas (June 2015–June 2018)

Christina Torres (September 2014– March 2015)

Sam Slocum (June 2015– December 2015)

Vu Nguyen (September 2013–December 2013)

Alexis Catala (September 2013–December 2013)

Navin Oorjitham (September 2013–December 2013)

Damien Villarreal (January 2011–May 2012)

 

High School Student

Zane Taylor, Boerne High School (January 2018–October 2019)