Research Highlights
Research Bar
Couette-Taylor Instabilities Couette-Taylor Instabilities
Atomic Theory of Dynamic Fracture Atomic Theory of Dynamic Fracture
Yeast Mechanics Yeast Mechanics
Granular Media Nucleation Granular Media Nucleation
Optical Trapping of Biological Material Optical Trapping of Biological Material
Dynamics of Static Friction Dynamics of Static Friction
Internal Wave Reflection Internal Wave Reflection
Deadly Competition Deadly Competition
Single Bond Formation Detection Single Bond Formation Detection

Recent Publications

Structure-preserving fixation allows scanning electron microscopy to reveal biofilm microstructure and interactions with immune cells
Marilyn Wells, Michelle Mikesh, Vernita GOrdon, Langmuir (2024)
The ethics perspective of physics department chairs
M. Marder, F. A. Houle, and K. Kirby, Physics Today 77 22-27 (2024)
Geometric changes in the nucleoids of Deinococcus radiodurans reveal involvement of new proteins in recovery from ionizing radiation.
Antonio Cordova, Brandon Niese, Philip Sweet, Pratik Kamat, Jude M Phillip, Vernita Gordon, Lydia M Contreras, (2024)
Breaking fast and slow
M. Marder, Nature Physics 20 546-547 (2024)
From cracks to atoms and back again
M. Marder, Physics Today 77 62–63 (2024)
Microrheology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms grown in wound beds
Minhaz Ur Rahman, Derek F Fleming, Liyun Wang, Kendra P Rumbaugh, Vernita D Gordon, Gordon F Christopher, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes 8 149 (2022)
Student learning and teacher retention for graduates of Texas Noyce programs
Michael Marder, Catherine Horn, Sarah Stephens & Annelies Rhodes, Education Policy Analysis Archives 30 147 (2022)
Contribution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exopolysaccharides Pel and Psl to wound infections
Derek Fleming, Brandon Niese, Whitni Redman, Emily Vanderpool, Vernita Gordon, Kendra P Rumbaugh, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology323 (2022)