Education
- BS in Physics, summa cum laude, Hope College, 1988
- PhD in Physics, Princeton University, 1996
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Physics, Calvin College, 2000-present
- Chair and Associate Professor of Physics, Grand Canyon University, 1998-2000
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Grand Canyon University, 1994-1997
Academic Interests
My research focuses on the biophysics of lipid membranes, with goal of better understanding the physics of how membranes tear and reassemble. In particular, we examine phase transitions between the lamellar and hexagonal phases formed by lipids.
Using laser light scattering, we measure the kinetics of these transitions for different model lipid systems.
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