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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 13
AUGUST 2017
Student Center
Daniel Marzolf
Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
James Madison University
Q: What has been your fa-
vorite course while studying biophysics?
Why?
The course Applications of Lasers in Physical Scienc-
es, taught by my research advisor/PI Dr. Oleksandr
Kokhan, has been my favorite and the most reward-
ing course I have taken while studying biophysics. As
the name implies, the class learned the various ways
that lasers are used in both home life and scientific
pursuits. The lectures were interesting, but my favor-
ite portion of the class was the lab section in which
we did a variety of experiments using multiple laser
systems. This is an incredibly unique opportunity
for undergraduates, as often those sorts of instru-
ments are reserved for graduate institutions and their
research labs. I had a personal interest in the course
because of my work with Dr. Kokhan, which often
uses laser systems for kinetic measurements in con-
junction with NMR spectroscopy, under the direc-
tion of Dr. Nathan Wright, to determine a structure-
kinetic relationship in cytochrome proteins.
Daniel Marzolf
Members in the News
Douglas Robinson, Johns
Hopkins University and
Society member since
2004, was awarded the
Ruth Kirschstein Diver-
sity in Science Award
from ASBMB.
Lewis Kay, University
of Toronto and Society
member since 1998,
received the Christian
B. Anfinsen Award
from the Protein
Society.
Juli Feigon, University of
California, Los Angeles, and
Society member since 1980,
was awarded the Dorothy
Crowfoot Hodgkin Award
from the Protein Society.
Douglas Tobias, University
of California, Irvine, and
Society member since 2001,
was the recipient of the Soft
Matter and Biophysical
Chemistry Award from the
Royal Society of Chemistry.
Edward Lemke , European
Molecular Biology Labora-
tory and Society member
since 2002, was awarded
the FEBS Anniversary
Prize.
Susan Taylor (not pictured), University
of California, San Diego, and Society
member since 2000, was presented
with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman
Distinguished Scientist award from
ASBMB.
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