Frank vollmer max planck biography

  • Frank Vollmer is Professor in Biophysics at the University of Exeter, UK. He obtained his PhD in `Physics & Biology' from the Rockefeller University in NYC, USA.
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    "Exploring the Nanoscale Dynamics of Molecular Systems" Dr. Frank Vollmer

    Dr. Frank Vollmer
    MPRG Independent Group Leader
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

     

    Abstract

    Medicine as well as biology increasingly rely on the use of cutting‐edge physics and engineering, in order to pursue the next generation nanomedical applications and to address fundamental questions in the life sciences. Central to this task is the study of micro- and nano systems, focusing on how engineered systems combined with natural ones can advance sensing, medicine, and our understanding of how biological systems work. My research addresses these important questions with state‐of‐the‐art biosensor technologies, capable of detecting single molecules and their structural dynamics; and resolving the kinetics of complex molecular systems on timescales ranging from few nanoseconds to several hours.

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    Frank Vollmer obtained his PhD in ʻPhysics & Biologyʼ from th

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    Professor in Biophysics, Molecular & Quantum Sensors and Systems

    Living Systems Institute,

    Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Exeter

     

    Frank Vollmer is Professor in Biophysics at the University of Exeter, UK. He obtained his PhD in `Physics & Biology' from the Rockefeller University in NYC, USA, in 2004. He was Rowland Fellow at Harvard University from 2004 to 2009, Scholar-in-Residence at the Wyss Institute at Harvard in 2010, Group Leader (untenured Associate Professor) at the högsta Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany from 2011-2016 and Instructor in medicin at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School where he directed a satellite laboratory from 2011-2016. Since 2016 he is Professor in Biophysics at the School of Physics, University of Exeter, UK. He received the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2017 and in 2021 the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize from the Institute

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    Laboratory web site: www.vollmerlab.com

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    Research themes in Molecular Nano and Quantum Sensors & Systems

    Biosensing with Optical Microcavities: The single-molecule technique enables ground-breaking advances in how we use light to study biomolecules and their biochemical reactions

    This book will guide you through the fundamentals of whispering gallery mode sensing and label-free sensing technologies: Texbook Optical Whispering Gallery Modes for Biosensing, 2nd Edition.

    Quantum Optical Sensors for Quantum Biology: Quantum mechanical effects are often hidden behind the ensemble average of macroscopic samples. What is required to facilitate a rapid expansion of this potent field are sensors capable ofdirectly probing the biological quantum phenomena at the single-molecule level. Wedevelop quantum biosensors that overcome measurement noise to directly probe

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