People
Our lab welcomes people of any gender identity, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, and ability, as well as those who are caregivers or with family commitments. We are committed to creating a supportive research and learning environment for all lab members, including training in research, scientific analysis, teaching, mentoring, scientific communication, and STEM outreach. We welcome students from diverse scientific backgrounds and encourage them to take risks and get exposed to new fields at the interface of physics and life science.
Principal investigator
Dr. Guillaume Duclos
Principal Investigator
office : Abelson 222
gduclos at brandeis.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers, Staff Scientists
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
Graduate Students
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 an 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.
Undergraduate Students
Elena Amado
Undergraduate research assistant. Studying the MinDE system.
Gauri Gajeshwar
Undergraduate research assistant
Isabelle Shiiba
Undergraduate research assistant
Isabelle is an undergraduate researcher studying active forces produced by microtubule-based 3D active gels. She is pursuing a BS in biological physics, is the Brandeis undergraduate department representative for biophysics, and is the co-president of the Brandeis Physics Club. Isabelle is also an NYC STEM Posse Scholar from Queens, New York.
Izaiah Alvarado
Undergraduate research assistant
Greg Roitbourd
Undergraduate research assistant
Greg is a third-year undergraduate research assistant working with Amelie Chardac to study the emergent behavior formed through MinD and MinE protein reactions. He is pursuing a BS in Physics and is a NYC STEM Posse Scholar from Brooklyn, New York. Outside of the lab, Greg is the Writing Coordinator for the Brandeis Organization of Poets and is a member of Brandeis’ Premiere Sketch Comedy Group, Boris’ Kitchen.
Noah Michaud
Undergraduate research assistant
Lab alumni
Dr. Joseph Lopes, Postdoctoral Research Associate. Now Sr. Research Associate at Oxford Biotherapeutics
Dr. Melissa Rinaldin, Postdoctoral Research Associate. Now HFSP & EMBO postdoctoral fellow @ MPI-CBG and MPI-PKS.
Dr. Bibi Najma, graduate student. Now Postdoctoral Research Associate @ Caltech University.
Dr. Salman Alam, graduate student.
Anthony Djoko, undergraduate research assistant. Now intern @ Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Ernest Park, undergraduate researcher. Now graduate student @ UPenn.
Hriday Talreja, undergraduate research assistant. Now graduate student @ USC.
Anthony Gillespie, undergraduate research assistant @ Hampton University.
Kevin Skowronski, M.S. student, now Physics teacher @ Waltham HS .
Lance Babcock, BS/MS undergraduate researcher, now MD/PhD student at the University of Texas at Houston.