Office: 302B Kinard Laboratory
Office Phone: (864) 656-2502
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
Email: alper@clemson.edu
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, 2017 - present
Faculty Scholar, Eukaryotic Pathogen Innovation Center, Clemson University, 2017 - present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, 2015 - present
Postdoc, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 2013 - 2015
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany, 2010 - 2013
Graduate Research Assistant, Departments of Mechanical and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 - 2010
Mechanical Engineer, Teradyne Inc., Boston, MA, 1999 - 2004
Biophysical Society
American Society for Cell Biology
American Physcial Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
eMail: apabbat@clemson.edu
PhD, Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
MS, Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
BS, Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Ashok is working on making single molecule measurements of dynein.
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
Email: sgodar@g.clemson.edu
MS, Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
Subash is generally interested in experimental biophysics. He is currently investigating the role of electrostatic interactions in the processivity of axonemal dyneins and the role of Mg ions in the TPP riboswitch.
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
Email: kwentwo@g.clemson.edu
BS, Microbiology, Clemson University
Katherine is studying the effects of tubulin post translational modifications on axonemal dynein-driven motility in trypanosomes.
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
Email: atobokh@g.clemson.edu
MS, Applied Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
BS, Applied Physics and Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Aiyyna is performing analysis of the motility of trypanosomes cells in the lab.
Lab: G-03 Jordan Hall
Lab Phone: (864) 656-2623
Fax: (864) 656-0805
Email: vclanzy@g.clemson.edu
BS, Physics, University of Tampa
Vincent is working on quantifying the effect of specific gene expressions on the motility of trypanosomes using high speed, high resolution microscopy.