Andreas Mershin
Andreas Mershin | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Imperial College Texas A&M University |
| Known for | Biophysics of the cytoskeleton,[1] Biological photovoltaics[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysicist |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Dimitri V. Nanopoulos |
Andreas Mershin is a physicist at the Center for Bits and Atoms in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Education
[edit]He received his MSci in physics from Imperial College London (1997) and his PhD in physics from Texas A&M University (2003), under Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, where he studied the theoretical and experimental biophysics of the cytoskeleton. He performed molecular dynamic simulations on tubulin. Under an NSF grant he conducted cross-disciplinary research that experimented with surface plasmon resonance, dielectric spectroscopy and molecular neurobiology. Mershin tested the hypothesis that the neuronal microtubular cytoskeleton is involved in memory encoding, storage, and retrieval in Drosophila.
Career
[edit]Mershin researches bio- and nano- materials at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, where he develops bioelectronic photovoltaic and machine olfaction applications using membrane proteins integrated onto semiconductors. Mershin has patented in the field of bioenergy harvesters,[3] he is also a co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' international annual "Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize"[4] for the best scientific question posed by children.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bergh, A; Damber, JE; Lieu, L; Widmark, A (1992). "Does follicle-stimulating hormone or pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin influence testicular blood flow in rats?". International Journal of Andrology. 15 (4): 365–71. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2605.1992.tb01136.x. PMID 1516985.
- ^ Mershin, Andreas; Matsumoto, Kazuya; Kaiser, Liselotte; Yu, Daoyong; Vaughn, Michael; Nazeeruddin, Md. K.; Bruce, Barry D.; Graetzel, Michael; Zhang, Shuguang (2012). "Self-assembled photosystem-I biophotovoltaics on nanostructured TiO2 and ZnO". Scientific Reports. 2: 234. Bibcode:2012NatSR...2E.234M. doi:10.1038/srep00234. PMC 3270499. PMID 22355747.
- ^ Bioenergy Harvesting: Electricity from Living Trees
- ^ "Molecular Frontiers - Molecular Frontiers Prize". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ New Scientist article
External links
[edit]- Official Website
- Bio Nano Technology-New Frontiers in Molecular Engineering: Andreas Mershin at TEDxAthens
- Mershin's New Scientist article on a Nobel prize for children
- Mershin in MIT's newspaper
- The Emerging Physics of Consciousness ISBN 978-3-540-23890-4 Chapter 4: Towards Experimental Tests of Quantum Effects in Cytoskeletal Proteins