Biological Physics
Welcome to the biological physics group at NC State. We are a highly collaborative collection of research groups that is interested in the physics of biological systems. Please email bio-physics@ncsu.edu if you would like more information and visit the Physics Department graduate program webpage if you would like to learn about how to join the department as a PhD student.
Member Groups
Julio Belmonte – Cell and Tissue Dynamics
Mary Elting – Cell Mechanics
Sharonda LeBlanc – Single-molecule Enzyme Biophysics
Shuang Fang Lim – Nanoprobes for Biophysics
Xingcheng Lin – Computational Biophysics
Robert Riehn – DNA physics in nanofluidics
Christopher Roland – Computational Biophyiscs
Celeste Sagui – Computational Biophysics
Hong Wang – DNA-protein interactions
Keith Weninger – Nanoscale Conformation Dynamics using FRET
Adjunct Member Groups
Jerzy Bernholc – Computational Biophysics
Laura Clarke – Biomatrials for Tissue Scaffolding
Karen Daniels – Active Matter, Wetting Dynamics
Hans Hallen – Nanophotonic Probes
News
Interview with Kenya Gordon, Graduate Research Assistant
Kenya Gordon is a graduate research assistant in LeBlanc Lab at NCSU. She is a Doctoral Candidate in the Physics program with a minor in...
Grad Student Yafan Zhang Wins the 2025 GGA Travel Award
Recently, Yafan Zhang was awarded the 2025 Genetics and Genomics Academy (GGA) travel award. This award gives travel funds to support NCSU grad students &...
Alexandria Kerr Passes PhD Oral Preliminary Exam!
Congratulations to Alexandria Kerr! She passed her oral preliminary exam to advance to PhD candidacy in Chemistry on May 27, 2025!
Interview with Cameron Stephens, LeBlanc Research Tech
Cameron Stephens is a research technician in LeBlanc Lab at NCSU. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Bachelor’s in Math. Both of...
Elting and LeBlanc New Paper
Dr. Mary Elting and Dr. Sharonda LeBlanc recently came out with a new paper titled, “Mechanical Coupling With the Nuclear Envelope Shapes the Schizosaccharomyces pombe...
Dr. Riehn and Dr. Lim Awarded Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
Dr. Robert Riehn and Dr. Shuang Lim were awarded the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund for “Room Temperature Quantum Optical Encryption System for Quantum Computing Data Security”...