Principal Investigator
Jing Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, Physics Google Scholar Postdoc: UC Irvine, Developmental and Cell Biology (SP Gross) PhD: UC Santa Barbara, Physics (SJ Allen, KW Plaxco) BS w honor: Caltech, Physics (JJ Bock, AE Lange, D Micahel, S Frautschi) |
AWARDS AND HONORS
UC Merced Physics Department Award for Outstanding Mentor (2024) UC Merced Academic Senate Research Grant (2012, 2015, 2016, 2024) BPS Bridging Travel Fund (2024) NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (2019-2022) NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (2016-2019) BPS Professional Opportunities for Women Travel Award (2018) UC Merced HSRI Biomedical Seed Grant (2014) AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2010) BPS Professional Opportunities for Women Travel Award (2010) ASCB Postdoctoral Travel Award (2010) UC Irvine Dean’s Award for Postdoctoral Research Excellence (2009) UC Irvine Barbara Burgess Memorial Postdoctoral Award (2008) NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship (2005) UCSB Graduate Opportunity Fellowship (2005) NSF Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2004) UCSB Mitsubishi Chemical Distinguished Graduate Fellowship (2004) UCSB Broida-Hirschfelder Fellowship (2004) UCSB Science and Engineering Research Grant (2004) UCSB Doctoral Student Travel Grant (2004) Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow in Physics (1995) US College Board Advanced Placement Scholar (1994) NASA High School Student Internship (1994) |
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INVITED TALKS
Conferences: Interdisciplinary Applications of Magnetic and Optical Tweezers (IIT Bombay, 2023), Biophysical Society Meeting (Japan 2022, Subgroup 2021, Platform 2020, 2018, 2016), American Physical Society March Meeting (Focus sessions 2021, 2017, 2013), Bay Area Cytoskeleton Virtual Symposium (2020), American Society for Cell Biology (Microsymposium, 2019), Mechanobiology Conference: The Mechanome In Action (Keynote, 2018), International conference on Natural and Artificial Molecular Machines (2017), Current Trends in Intracellular Transport and Molecular Motors (2017), International Symposium on Computational and Experimental Studies of Microtubule and Microtubule-based Motor Proteins (2016), Lorentz Center Workshop on Anisotropy and Shape in Biological Materials (2016), Multiscale Motility of Biomolecular Machines (2015)
Colloquia and Seminars: National Institute of Health (2024, 2020, 2019, 2013), Sac State (2023, 2016, 2013), University of Michigan (Symposium: Molecular Bases of Proteinopathies 2023, Biophysics seminar 2023), University of Michigan-Dearborn (2020), Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology Motors in Quarantine (2020), UC Santa Cruz (2018), U Waterloo (2018), UC Santa Barbara (2016), UT Austin (2016), Texas A&M (2016), UC Irvine (2016), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (2016), U Utah (2014, video), Fresno State (2016), Harvey Mudd (2014) Outreach: Dinner with a Scientist (2018, 2017, 2015), Course on Modern Biophysical Techniques, IIT Bombay (2017, 2016), qBio Boot Camp, UC San Diego (2015, 2014), Nerd Nite East Bay, Chabot Space and Science Center (2015, video). News on Teaching: Hands-on, handmade instruments boost Engagement for remote physics class (2021)
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