Principal Investigator
Peter Yunker – Assistant Professor in
the School of Physics
Contact:peter.yunker(at)physics.gatech.edu GoogleScholar Profile
Peter’s interests are biophysics, soft matter, and golden retrievers.
Office phone: 404-385-8642
Graduate Students
Thomas Day – Physics, 2018-Present
Aawaz Pokhrel – Physics, 2020-Present
Contact: apokrel6@gatech.edu Google Scholar Profile
Aawaz is originally from Nepal from a small town named Pokhara. He completed his undergraduate in Gettysburg College where he did his research thesis on the role of gradient sensing in collective behavior in fish. In Yunker lab, he focuses on shape and geometry of biofilms. Currently, he is working on exploring role of surface forces in expansion of biofilms. He is also interested in how different growth rate of cells lead to different packing configuration in biofilms. In his free time, Aawaz enjoys reading existential philosophy (mostly Dostoevsky), playing guitar, cooking Thai food, and exploring hiking trails around Atlanta
Pablo Bravo – QBioS, 2020-Present
Contact: pbravo7@gatech.edu
Adam Krueger– Physics-2021-Present
Contact: adamk98@gatech.edu
Emma Bingham – QBioS, 2021-Present
Lin Zhao
Undergraduate Students
MacKenzie Gignilliat
Julianne Tijani
Erin Horbacz
Lab Alumni
Postdocs:
Skanda Vivek – Postdoc, Physics, 2017-2019. Professor of Physics at Georgia Gwinett College
Gabi Steinbach- Postdoc, Physics 2018-2022 , Scientific Project Coordinator and Data Communications Specialist, Weitz Group
Graduate students:
Shane Jacobeen – PHD Student, Physics, 2014-2018. Consultant, Ernst & Young
Arben Kalziqi – PHD Student, Physics, 2015-2019. Software Engineer, Wolfram Research.
Jonathan Michel – PHD Student, Physics 2015-2019. Postdoctoral Fellow, RIT.
David Yanni, PhD student, Physics, 2015-2019. Software Engineer, Mail Chimp.
Alireza Samani Dahaj, PhD student, QBioS, 2017-2021 (co-advised with Will Ratcliff). Senior Scientist, GenoTwin.
Undergraduate students:
Nathaniel Moore (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017) – Physics grad school at Georgia Tech
Brent Limyansky (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2016) – Physics grad school at UC Santa Cruz.
Samuel (Edward) Finley-Price (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2016) – optical systems engineering.
Elyes Graba (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017) – Machine Learning Engineer at AnswerRocket
Matt Repasky (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017)
Colin Brandys((Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017)
Alex Bukharin (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017)
Tanay Tak (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017)
Laura Yang (Undergraduate alumnus, GT BS, Physics 2017)