Alex J Loosley
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Bio
Alex Loosley hails from Simon Fraser University (SFU) where he earned a B.Sc. in Physics and a minor in Business. During his senior year, he studied the role of positive feedback in biological oscillators with Prof. Eldon Emberly. Alex is now pursuing a Ph.D at Brown University under supervision and tutelage from Prof. Jay Tang's and Prof. Jonathan Reichner studying cellular traction forces and effects of substrate rigidity on cellular function.
Education
Simon Fraser University (2003-2008) - B.Sc. - Physics
Brown University (2009-...) - Sc.M / Ph.D. - Physics
Research Interests:
Mechanobiology and Mechanical Models of Cell Locomotion
Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems
Publications
Alex Loosley and Jay Tang. Stick-slip motion and elastic coupling in crawling cells. Phys Rev E, 86: 031908 (2012)