Glenn Edwards, Professor and Director, Duke FEL Lab  

Office Location: 221 FEL
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. X.G. Peralta, Y. Toyama, D.P. Kiehart, and G.S. Edwards, Emergent Properties During Dorsal Closure in Drosophila Morphogenesis, Physical Biology (Submitted, 2008) (Invited Paper, Focus issue on the "Physical Aspects of Developmental Biology: 21st Century Perspectives on Growth and Form.".) .
  2. X.G. Peralta, Y. Toyama, M.S. Hutson, R. Montague, S. Venakides, D.P. Kiehart. and G.S. Edwards, Upregulation of forces and morphogenic asymmetries in dorsal closure during Drosophila development, Biophysical Journal, vol. 92 (2007), pp. 2583-2596 .
  3. Jacob Garguilo, Lian Hong, Glenn S. Edwards, Robert J. Nemanich, and John D. Simon, The Surface Oxidation Potential of Eumelanosomes Measured by Free Electron Laser Photoelectron Emission Microscopy, Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 83 (2007), pp. 692-697 .
  4. G.S. Edwards, R.D. Pearlstein, M.L. Copeland, M.S. Hutson, K. Latone, A. Spiro, and G. Pasmanik, 6450-nm Wavelength Tissue Ablation Using a Nanosecond Laser Based on Difference Frequency Mixing and Stimulated Raman Scattering, Optics Letters, vol. 32 (2007), pp. 1426-1428 .
  5. Tong Ye, Lian Hong, Jacob Garguilo, Anna Pawlak, Glenn S. Edwards, Robert J. Nemanich, Tadeusz Sarna and John D. Simon, Photoionization Thresholds of Melanins Obtained From Free-Electron Laser Photoelectron Emission Microscopy, Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, and EPR Measurements of Oxygen Photoconsumption, Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 82 (2006), pp. 733-737 .

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Adam Sokolow  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Wolfgang Wagner (2006 - 2007)  
  • Yusuke Toyama (August 1, 2003-present)  
  • Xomalin Peralta (2002 - 2007)  
  • Suzanne Hauger (1999/10-2000/06)  
  • M. Shane Hutson (1999/10-2003/08)  
  • Brian Keay (1996/04-1999/08)