Single Molecule Biophysics

In the Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, led by Dr. Keir C. Neuman, techniques---including optical and magnetic tweezers and fluorescence imaging, in combination with conventional molecular biology approaches---are employed to answer fundamental questions concerning enzyme function and regulation.

Keir Neuman

Meet the Team

Keir Neuman

Keir Neuman, Ph.D.

Senior Investigator

Keir Neuman graduated cum laude with a B.A. in physics and applied math from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994 and received his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 2002. He conducted postdoctoral research with Steven Block at Stanford University from 2002 to 2004, and was a Human Frontiers Fellow with David Bensimon and Vincent Croquette at the Laboratoire de Physique Statistique at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France from 2004 to 2007. Dr. Neuman joined the NHLBI as a tenure-track Investigator in 2007 and was promoted to senior investigator in 2015. He is a member of the Biophysical Society, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the American Chemical Society. He is an editorial board member of the Biophysical Journal.

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Parth

Parth Desai

Graduate Student
Rachel

Rachel Kim

Postbaccalaureate Fellow
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Haksung Jung, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jonathan Silver, M.D.

Special Volunteer