Research Highlights
Research Bar
2D Thermal Noise Imaging 2D Thermal Noise Imaging
Student Flows in Texas Student Flows in Texas
Swimming driven by a Helical Flagellum Swimming driven by a Helical Flagellum
Physics of Hydrofracture Physics of Hydrofracture
The role of mechanics in biofilm formation The role of mechanics in biofilm formation
Spatial structure and biofilms Spatial structure and biofilms
Atomic Theory of Dynamic Fracture Atomic Theory of Dynamic Fracture
Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics
Membrane Fusion Membrane Fusion

Recent Publications

Advancing Access to Cutting-Edge Tabletop Science
Michael F Schatz, Pietro Cicuta, Vernita D Gordon, Teuta Pilizota, Bruce Rodenborn, Mark D Shattuck, Harry L Swinney, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 55 (2023)
Exposure of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 to Sublethal Doses of Ionizing Radiation Triggers Short-Term SOS Activation and Longer-Term Prophage Activation
Philip Sweet, Jacob Blacutt, Vernita Gordon, Lydia Contreras, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 89 3e01716-22 (2023)
Perspective: The viscoelastic properties of biofilm infections and mechanical interactions with phagocytic immune cells
Marilyn Wells, Rebecca Schneider, Bikash Bhattarai, Hailey Currie, Bella Chavez, Gordon Christopher, Kendra Rumbaugh, Vernita Gordon, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13 97 (2023)
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change
Frances Houle, Kate Kirby, and Michael Marder, Physics Today (2023)
Cracks Break The Sound Barrier
Michael Marder, Science 381 375-376 (2023) pdf
A model of fracture-facilitated flow of hydrocarbons from petroleum source rock
Luke Pharr, Michael Marder, and Tadeusz Patzek, International Journal of Fracture (2023)
Bacterial mechanosensing of surface stiffness promotes signaling and growth leading to biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Liyun Wang, Yu-Chern Wong, Joshua Correira, Megan Wancura, Christopher Geiger, Shanice S Webster, Benjamin Butler, George A O'Toole, Richard Langford, Katherine Brown, Berkin Dortdivanlioglu, Lauren Webb, Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, Vernita Gordon, bioRxiv2023.01. 26.525810 (2023)
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)
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)