• Konstantina Trivisa
    Teaming Up: Mathematics + Life

    Three evenings a week, Mathematics Professor Konstantina Trivisa and her teammates carry their rowing shell down to the Potomac River for a workout on the water.  For Trivisa, it’s more than good exercise, it's a celebration of teamwork.

  • Fushman and Sukharev Elected Affiliate Professors at IPST

    David Fushman, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Interim Associate Director of the Maryland Biophysics Program, and Sergei I. Sukharev, Professor in the Department of Biology and Interim Director of the Maryland Biophysics Graduate Program, were considered by IPST faculty in February 2015 for appointment as Affiliate Professors in IPST. Both candidates’ nominations were unanimously approved by the Institute’s faculty. Congratulations and welcome to the Institute for Physical Science and Technology to both of them.

  • Biology Professor Sergei Sukharev Named Interim Director of Maryland Biophysics

    Sergei Sukharev has been appointed Interim Director of the Maryland Biophysics Program for the coming year. Sukharev is a Professor of Biology, and has served as the Associate Director of the Maryland Biophysics Program. His research focuses on mechanosensitive ion channels, which convert mechanical forces into electrical or chemical signals in cells. He and the members of his research group study these channels using a combination of experimental approaches and computational modeling.