Losert, Wolfgang
Professor of Physics
Director, Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research
Director, Partnership for Integrative Cancer Research
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
Physics
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
Brain and Behavior Institute
Physics
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
Brain and Behavior Institute
1147 Physical Sciences Complex
Research:
Dynamics of Living Systems: Our goal is to assess how the motion of individual cells and the collective dynamics of cell groups are affected by physical cues, in particular electric fields and the topography of the microenvironment.
Education:
Ph.D., City College of the City University of New York, 1998
Dynamics of Living Systems: Our goal is to assess how the motion of individual cells and the collective dynamics of cell groups are affected by physical cues, in particular electric fields and the topography of the microenvironment.
Spring 2023 Physics 132 - Physics for Life Scientists II
Maryland Engineers Graham, Nau, Zhao elected Fellows of AAAS
Three Clark School professors have been newly chosen as 2022 Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.2022 BBI Seed Grant Awards to Fuel Innovation in Aging and Development Research
The five interdisciplinary projects funded by the BBI offer cutting-edge approaches to translational neuroscience.UMD Invests Over $10M in Research Equipment to Drive Discovery, Innovation
The University of Maryland (UMD) is making a major investment to obtain the most technologically advanced equipment on the College Park campus for application across a broad range of research areas, from neuroimaging to next-generation quantum materials.Symptoms all in your head—or in your gut? Maybe a little of both.
UMD researchers are building an ingestible capsule that can monitor and model gut microbiome serotonin activity and help demystify the “gut-brain axis.”Ingestible device research advances, enters new phase
New NSF funding, Lab on a Chip paper for Ghodssi group developing minimally invasive medical devices.Brain and Behavior Initiative Hosts 3rd Annual Seed Grant Symposium
Researchers from across UMD convene to discuss the latest projects funded by BBI