Dissertation Defense: Merrill Asp

The oral doctoral examination of Merrill Asp, candidate for the Ph.D. degree will be held on Monday, December 5,  at 10:30 a.m. in the Physics Building, room 202.

Asp’s advisor is Professor Alison Patteson. The dissertation examining committee will be composed of Professors Joseph Paulsen, M. Lisa Manning, Teng Zhang and Arvind Gopinath. Professor Roy Welch will serve as chair of the defense. The title of the candidate’s dissertation is: “The Biophysics of Bacterial Collective Motion: Measuring Responses to Mechanical and Genetic Cues.”