Ha Research Group
University of Illinois directory
| Professor of Physics, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Co-Director of the Center for the Physics of Living Cells (CPLC). | ||
| Taekjip Ha |
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BS, Seoul National University, Korea, 1990, physics MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1991, physics PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1996, physics |
| Research Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Outreach and Education, CPLC | ||
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BA, Cornell University, New York, 1987, biology w/biochemistry concentration PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, 1993, biochemistry |
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| Matthew Comstock |
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BS, University of Chicago, 2000, physics PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 2008, physics |
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BS, Graceland University, Iowa, 2000, biology, chemistry, mathematics PhD, Texas A&M University, 2005, biochemistry |
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BS, Wheaton College, Illinois, 2000, chemistry MS, University of Chicago, Illinois, 2001, chemistry PhD, University of Chicago, Illinois, 2006, chemistry |
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| Hajin Kim |
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BS, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1999, physics MS, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 2001, physics PhD, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 2006, physics |
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BS, Sungkyunkwan University, S. Korea, 1997, mechanical engineering MS, Sungkyunkwan University, S. Korea, 2000, mechanical engineering PhD, Duke University, North Carolina, 2006, mechanical engineering |
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| Benjamin Leslie |
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BA, Colgate University, New York, 2003, Chemistry (cum laude) PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2009, Chemistry |
| Michael Schlierf |
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MS, LMU Munchen, Germany, 2004, physics PhD, TU Munchen, Germany, 2008, physics |
| Xinghua Shi |
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BS, University of Science and Technology, China, 2001, chemical physics PhD, Stanford University, California, 2007, biophysical chemistry |
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MS, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2002, physics BS, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1999, physics |
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BS, University of Georgia, Athens, 2005, biochemistry and molecular biology |
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BS, North Carolina Central University, 2004, physics MS, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2005, physics |
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BS, Xian Jiaotong University, China, 2001 |
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| Sultan Doganay |
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BS, Koc University, Turkey, 2007, physics |
| Ankur Jain |
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BS, IIT-Kharagpur, India, 2007, biotechnology and biochemical engineering |
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BS, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2005, physics and mathematics |
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BS, Seoul National University, Korea, 2006 |
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BS, University of Science & Technology, China, 2004, physics |
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BS, Yonsei University, Korea, 2004, biotechnology |
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| Seongjin Park |
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BS, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 2006, physics and mathematics |
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B.Tech, PSG College of Technology, 2005, biotechnology |
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| Salman Syed |
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BS, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2005, molecular and cellular biology |
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BS, University of Science and Technology, China, 2005, physics |
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| Visiting/Collaborating Scientists | ||
| Jung Min Yoo |
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BS, Andong National University, S. Korea, 1996, Biology MS, Andong National University, S. Korea, 1998, Biology |
| Support Personnel | ||
| Julia Hall |
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MA, 1966 & 1968 GMA, 2004; MRS, 2009 |