Jennifer Curtis, PhD
Professor,
School of Physics Physics of Living Systems @GT Google Scholar |
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Bio: Jennifer Curtis is a Full Professor in the School of Physics and ADVANCE Professor for the College of Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research program focuses on glyco-biophysics, cell mechanics, the physics of microbial communities, and novel technologies that facilitate research in soft matter and biological physics. She holds numerous patents, the most recent for her use of bacterial enzymes to fabricate the world’s thickest polymer brush. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, Dr. Curtis was a post-doc and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at University of Heidelberg in Germany. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago and her Bachelor’s degree in physics from Columbia University. She is a recipient of the NSF Career Award (2010), the Georgia Tech College of Sciences Faculty Mentor Award (2015), and the Georgia Tech College of Sciences Cullen Peck Award for Innovative Research (2020). Dr. Curtis is passionate about building a supportive and diverse community in physics, which she actively cultivates as the Director of the Georgia Tech Physics REU and as a partner of the Morehouse STEM and Physics Seminar series. When she isn’t busy running her experimental biophysics lab, teaching, or mentoring, Dr. Curtis loves hiking, biking, reading, communing with her houseplants, studying naturopathic medicine, and goofing off with her family. |
Graduate Research AssistantsYu Jing Katherine Powell Rob Edmiston Mingxian Zhang |
Current Undergraduate ResearchersManchen Wang, BME major Noah Anderson, BME/Biochemistry major Emma Poma, Physics major J'avani Stinson, Biology and Math major Christopher Hiett, ChBE major Aditi Venkatesh, Physics major |
Last updated by JEC on December 3, 2024.
