- Royce Fellowship
Alan
Gabel
Concentration
Physics
Award Year
2007
DNA in Nano-Fluidic Channels
Alan worked to create nano-fluidic devices, with feature sizes on the length scale of single DNA molecules. The small sizes allowed him to examine the molecules one at a time, rather than using en-mass data to infer individual molecular properties. With these tools he was able to learn how DNA behaves in different chemical environments and see how it responds to electric stimulus. He also studied the properties of the nano-fluidic devices themselves.