Dr. Guillaume Duclos

Principal Investigator 

office : Abelson 222

gduclos at brandeis.edu

Dr. Amelie Chardac

Postdoctoral Research Associate, "Investigating morphogenesis via chemo-mechanical couplings"

PhD in Physics @ ENS de Lyon (France) with Pr. Denis Bartolo

Office: Abelson 208

Jeremy Laprade

Graduate research assistant

Annemarie Winters

Graduate research assistant

Annemarie graduated from NYU with a double major of both physics and chemistry in 2018. She worked at the technological startup, Spheryx, Inc. where she utilized holographic video microscopy techniques to detect sub-visible contaminants in protein solutions. Annemarie is a graduate student in Physics researching cell tissue communication.

Benjamin Strain

Graduate research assistant

Ben is a fourth year graduate student studying active matter in the Duclos Lab. As an undergraduate he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and got his B.S. in physics. During his undergraduate time he studied spherical liquid crystal systems in Jennifer Ross's Biophysics lab. Outside of the lab Ben enjoys hiking/camping as well as playing music.

Bennett Sessa

Graduate research assistant

Bennett is a physics graduate student studying active stresses and 3D nematics in liquid crystals. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Physics with Honors and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. During his undergraduate time, he studied the self-assembly of encapsulation driven by turbulent flows in William Irvine’s laboratory.

Adrielle Cusi

Graduate research assistant. 

Adrielle is a physics graduate student researching the collective dynamics of actin-based propulsion systems. She holds a BS in Applied Physics (with a minor in Instrumentation Physics) and an MS in Physics from the University of the Philippines. She also completed a 1-year diploma in Quantitative Life Sciences at ICTP, Italy. Outside of science, she enjoys visiting coffee shops and sleeping. 

Sasha Toole

Graduate research assistant. 

Sasha is a graduate student in physics studying the control of pattern formation in active materials. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with B.A. in Physics and minor in Mathematics. In her undergraduate research, she used microfluidics to study cerebrospinal fluid flow in Kerstin Nordstrom's C.R.A.M. Lab. 

Gauri Gajeshwar

Undergraduate research assistant

Izaiah Alvarado

Undergraduate research assistant

Elena Amado

Elena is an undergraduate research assistant from Berkeley, California studying pattern selection in the E.coli Min System with Dr. Amelie Chardac. She is pursuing a primary BS in Biological Physics and a secondary BS in Physics. Elena is also a member of several on-campus music ensembles, and is the treasurer of MAD Band, Top Score, and the Brandeis Fencing Club.