Glenn Edwards, Professor  

Office Location: 2314 French
Office Phone: (919) 660-2674
Email Address: gedwards@duke.edu

Research Categories: Free Electron Laser Laboratory

Research Description: Prof. Edwards is is Director of the Duke Free-Electron Laser (FEL) Laboratory. His interests center on biological physics and FEL applications. Experimental research activities include vibrational dynamics of biological macromolecules with applications to protein disassembly and fracture, photothermal chemistry and photochemistry of biological macromolecules with applications to molecular and cell biology, and the development of novel spectroscopic techniques using FEL light sources. Theoretical research activities include modeling the solvent-DNA interface to better understand vibrational energy transfer.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Heng Lu, Adam Sokolow, Daniel P. Kiehart, and Glenn S. Edwards, Turgor pressure and dorsal closure zipping dynamics during Drosophila development (Submitted, 2012) .
  2. Adam Sokolow, Yusuke Toyama, Dan Kiehart, and Glenn Edwards, Cell Ingression and Apical Shape Oscillations During Dorsal Closure in Drosophila, Biophysical Journal, vol. 102 (2012), pp. 969-979 .
  3. Anita T. Layton, Yusuke Toyama, Guo-Qiang Yang, Glenn S. Edwards, Daniel P. Kiehart, and Stephanos Venakides, Drosophila Morphogenesis: Tissue Force Laws and the Modeling of Dorsal Closure, Human Frontier Science Program Journal, vol. 3 no. 6 (2009), pp. doi:10.2976/1.3266062 .
  4. Wolfgang Wagner, Adam Sokolow, Robert Pearlstein, and Glenn Edwards, Thermal Vapor Bubble and Pressure Dynamics During Infrared Laser Ablation of Tissue, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 94 no. 013901 (2009) .
  5. W.D. Bush, J. Garguilo, F. A. Zucca, C. Bellei, R.J. Nemanich, G.S. Edwards, L. Zecca, and J. Simon, Neuromelanins Isolated From Different Regions of the Brain Exhibit a Common Surface Photoionization Threshold, Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 85 (2009), pp. 387-390 .

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

    Postdocs Mentored

    • Adam C. Sokolow (May, 2011 - September, 2012)  
    • Heng Lu (October 2010 - present)  
    • Wolfgang Wagner (2006 - 2007)  
    • Yusuke Toyama (August 1, 2003 - March 31, 2010)  
    • Xomalin Peralta (2002 - 2007)  
    • Suzanne Hauger (1999/10-2000/06)  
    • M. Shane Hutson (1999/10-2003/08)  
    • Brian Keay (1996/04-1999/08)