Biophysicist Jennifer Ross earns Spotlight Scholar honors
Jennifer Ross, assistant professor of Physics and an accomplished researcher who builds bridges between the disciplines of biology and physics in order to better understand what goes on inside living cells, is this month’s Spotlight Scholar.
Ross, who recently accepted the Biophysical Society’s Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award for “substantial contributions to science” and “showing very high promise in her early research career,” is nationally known for her study of microtubules, strong, hollow microscopic tubes about 1-50 micrometers in length and 25 nanometers in diameter that provide structure to a vast variety of cells from plants to humans.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
