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)
- 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.".) .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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)
- 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)