Physics Ph.D. Student, Edward Allgeyer Starts Post-Doc Position at Yale University

Posted December 1, 2011

Edward Allgeyer, who successfully defended his Ph.D. in Physics in October, has started a postdoctoral position at Yale University where he will continue to build on the skills learned during his graduate studies at UMaine. His doctoral research, under the mentorship of Drs. Michael Mason and David Neivandt (both professors in Chemical Engineering), focused on developing a unique instrument that combines traditional high resolution confocal fluorescence microscopy with a novel imaging modality, based on vibrational spectroscopy, that can elucidate surface specific lateral organization in a broad range of systems.

Dr. Allgeyer's postdoctoral work will continue his efforts in the fields of quantitative microscopy and instrument development. Under the direction of Dr. Joerg Bewersdorf in the Cell Biology department at the Yale School of Medicine Dr. Allgeyer will be part of a team developing two new super resolution microscopes for biological applications. The completed instruments will allow researchers to peer into cells and biological systems at length scales well below the resolution limit of classical visible light microscopy.