From the 2008 Physics Alumni Newsletter
One of our graduate students, Christine Carlisle, who is working with Professor Martin Guthold, won a Pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Her proposal entitled “The mechanical properties of native and variant fibrin fibers” was scored in the top 15th percentile. The award carries a $40,000 stipend, distributed over two years.
Last spring Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials, which is headed by David Carroll, hosted a conference in the area of nanoparticle delivered hyperthermia treatments for cancer. Approximately 40 scientists from around the world attended. More information on Center activities can be seen at the website: www.wfu.edu/nanotech or in its newsletter http://www.wfu.edu/nanotech/news.html.
One of our faculty members, Eric Carlson, gave a television interview on the Large Hadron Collider when they started it up a few weeks ago. You can access it from our web site at http://www.wfu.edu/physics/news-wfup.html. Dave Carroll was part of a panel discussion on “Carolina Buisness Review”, a local PBS program which is produced in Charlotte. You can read the Window on Wake Forest article about it by going to http://www.wfu.edu/wowf/2008/20080221.carrollpbs.html.