Bekele Gurmessa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Bucknell University
email: b.gurmessa{at}bucknell.edu
Bekele Gurmessa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Bucknell University
email: b.gurmessa{at}bucknell.edu
Current Lab members
Raphael Streitberger ,
Mechanical Engineering, '28
Research interest: Microrheology of Active vs. Passive Actin Networks
Michaela Lester,
Biophysics, '26
Research interest: Mechanics of Cytoskeletal composite networks
Lauren Godfrey,
Biophysics, PF Researcher, '27
Research interest: Microscale Mechanics of crosslinked actin networks
Past Lab members
Bernard Iringire Nkusi ,
Mechanical Engineering, '26
Research interest: Mechanics of alpha-actinin crosslinked Actomyosin networks
Morgan Thomas, Postbacs
Research interest: Microscale Mechanics of Actomyosin networks
Shumit Dhar, STEM SCHOLAR
Research interest: Buckling Mechanics of Microtubules
Julie Pinchiaroli, Physics, '25
Research interest: Microscale Mechanics of actin-vimentin composite networks
Alex Zou, Physics, '26
Research interest: Microscale Mechanics of Microtubules-Vimentin composite networks
Mike Dwyer, Biophysics, '22
Research interest: Mechanics and structural evolutions of alpha-actinin cross-linked actin networks
Timothy Allshouse, STEM SCHOLAR
Research interest: Active microrheology coupled with microfluidics platform