Physics of Cellular Systems

   People

   PI:

Aidan Brown Assistant Professor, Department of Physics CV aidan.brown@torontomu.ca MSc (2012) and PhD (2015) in Physics from Dalhousie University BSc (Honours, 2010) in Physics from the University of Guelph

   Postdoctoral fellows:

Prabha Chuphal Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics CV pchuphal@torontomu.ca PhD (2020) in Soft Matter Physics from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal MSc in Physics (2012) and BSc in Physics, Math, and Chemistry (2010) from Kumaun University

   Graduate students:

		Liam Kischuck MSc student, Complex Systems CV liam.kischuck@torontomu.ca BSc (Honours, 2021) in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Toronto Scarborough Liam is completing his MSc in Complex Systems. His research focuses on protein cluster behaviour in tubular network geometries, to better understand the unfolded protein response in the endoplasmic reticulum.
		Junyeong Kim MSc student, Complex Systems junyeong.kim@torontomu.ca BSc (Honours, 2022) in Medical Physics from Toronto Metropolitan University Junyeong is completing his MSc in Complex Systems. His research focuses on diffusive encounter kinetics within tubular geometries.
		Eshan Merali MSc student, Complex Systems eshan.merali@torontomu.ca BSc (Honours, 2021) in Medical Biophysics from McMaster University Eshan is completing his MSc in Complex Systems. His research focuses on mitochondrial quality control in germline cells.

   Undergraduate students:

Nicholas Duong BSc student, Medical Physics CV nicholas.duong@torontomu.ca Nicholas is carrying our research in the summer of 2023, working on EGF receptor dynamics on cell surfaces.

Group Pictures

   Former group members:

		Maysum Khalfan Maysum completed his 4th year thesis in 2022 - 2023, working on the effect of cristae as barriers to diffusion in the mitochondrial matrix.
		Miriam Quintanilla Miriam completed her 4th year thesis in 2022 - 2023, working on EGF receptor dynamics on cell surfaces.
		Jaleesa Leblanc Jaleesa did summer research in 2022, modeling EGF receptor dynamics and signaling on cell surfaces.
		Rutvik Patel Rutvik did summer research in 2021 and completed his 4th year thesis in 2021 - 2022, modeling protein concentration fluctuations in mitochondrial networks.
		Jamal Faraj Jamal completed his 4th year thesis in 2020 - 2021 working on how protein distributions in mitochondrial networks are affected by network dynamics.
		Robert Kalisky Robert completed his 4th year thesis in 2020 - 2021 working on how protein folding quality control is impacted by the kinetics of folding and degradation.