Research
Many groups at Harvard are fascinated by bionano science & technology. We hold weekly discussion seminars to serve as a meeting place for theorists and experimentalists, enabling a wide range of scientists and engineers to address fundamental questions about the correlation between the nanoscale structure and functioning of biological systems. The results collaborations have fostered applications and new technologies while encouraging scientific partnership at the innovation stage of tool development.
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Radhika Nagpal was named Fred Kavli Professor of Computer Science in July, 2012. Radhika Nagpal’s work lies on the boundary of artficial intelligence, robotics, and biology. She studies bio-inspired programming paradigms for designing collective intelligence in robotics and sensor-actuator networks, drawing inspiration mainly from multicellular biology and social insects.
Four KIBST-affiliated faculty that intensely participate in the discussions and collaborations established by the Kavli Coffee Hours received research support in 2012: Michael Brenner, Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics; L. Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Zhigang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials, and Katia Bertoldi, Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics.
Research Groups
Aizenberg Group
Pursues a broad range of research interests that include biomineralization, biomimetics, self-assembly... Read more
Amir group
Research centers on the theory of complex systems and biophysics, applied to a broad spectrum of problems... Read more
Bertoldi Group
Research involves the use of continuum mechanics and applied mathematics to model the mechanical behavior of novel materials at the small scale... Read more
Brenner Group
Research uses methods and ideas of applied mathematics to address problems in science and engineering... Read more
Girguis Group
We study the physiology and biochemistry of deep sea microorganisms, with an emphasis on carbon and nitrogen metabolism, to better understand their role in mediating local and global biogeochemical cycles. ... Read more
Mahadevan Group
Work is in the area of Bionano Science and Technology has focused on a number of problems that span a range of scales from the molecular to the macroscopic.... Read more
Murthy Group
Needleman Group
Current work in the lab focuses on studying spindle assembly, spindle positioning, chromosome segregation, the evolution of the spindle, and the possible connection between errors in mitochondrial function and errors in spindle function.... Read more
Whitesides group
Most “impossible” materials that one can imagine seem impossible because they have not yet been made, not because there is a sound theoretical reason that they cannot be made.... Read more