Center for Nonlinear Dynamics » Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Associate Professor, Department of Physics

florin@chaos.utexas.edu

Office: RLM 14.322

(512) 471-6441

Current Research Interests

Microtubule Mechanics

Microtubule Mechanics

Mechanical Contact Spectroscopy

Mechanical Contact Spectroscopy

Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion

Non-Diffusive and Ballistic Brownian Motion

Yeast Mechanics

Yeast Mechanics

Membrane Fusion

Membrane Fusion

Three-Dimensional Thermal Noise Imaging

Three-Dimensional Thermal Noise Imaging

2D Thermal Noise Imaging

2D Thermal Noise Imaging

Optical Trapping of Biological Material

Optical Trapping of Biological Material

Single Bond Formation Detection

Single Bond Formation Detection

Deadly Competition

Deadly Competition

Swarming Dynamics

Swarming Dynamics

Multiscale Bacterial Analysis

Multiscale Bacterial Analysis

Past Research Interests

Actin Network Mechanics
Lateral Organization of the Plasma Membrane
Raman Microscopy
Brownian Motion in a Force Field

Graduate Students

Ilya Beskin

Aaron Foote

Michael Himmelsbach

Michael Himmelsbach

Emma Hunt

Suzanne Jacobs

Jordan Zesch

Undergraduate Students

Cameron Atkinson

Cameron Atkinson

Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

Mohamed Salinas

Mohamed Salinas

Experience

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin (2009- )
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin (2003-2009)
Staff Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1999-2003)
Postdoc, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (1995-08)

Education

Ph.D. in Physics
Technical University Munich (1995)
Diploma in Physics
Technical University Munich (1990)

Awards and Honors

Nanoscience Prize (2003)
Summa Cum Laude, Technical University Munich (1995)

Links

Selected Recent Publications
Complete List of Publications