Jennifer Ross
Jennifer Ross
Professor and Department Chair
CONTACT
Physics
225 Physics Building
Email: jlross@syr.edu
Office: 315.443.3894
A&S AFFILIATIONS
Biology
Degrees
- 2004 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 2000 B.A. in Physics and B.A. in Mathematics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Social/Academic Links
- How do cells organize their interiors without a manager?
- Active matter of biological elements such as cytoskeleton and enzymes
- Fundamental physics behind exciting biological activities
- Self-assembly and self-organization of cytoskeleton
- 2018 Fellow of the American Physical Society
- 2014 Scialog Fellow, Moore Foundation and Research Corporation
- 2013 National Science Foundation, INSPIRE Award
- 2013 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award, Biophysical Society
- 2010 Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation
- 2005 National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Grant
Self-Organization of Spindle-Like Microtubule Structures,” Soft Matter, 15, pp 4797-4807 (2019). doi: http://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01835A
Creation and testing of a new, local microtubule-disruption tool based on the microtubule-severing enzyme, katanin p60,” Cytoskeleton, 75, 531-544 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21482
XuG, L. Valdez, A. Sen, J.L. Ross, “Self-propulsion of single enzymes,” Physical Review Letters 123, 12 (2019). arXiv: https//doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.128101
EdozieUG, S. SahuG, M. PittaHS, C. Fermino Do RosarioUG, A. EnglertUG, J.L. Ross, “Self-Organization of Spindle-Like Microtubule Structures,” Soft Matter, 15, pp 4797-4807 (2019). doi: http://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01835A bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/624874
BelonogovUG*, M.E. BaileyG*, M.TylerG*, J.L. Ross, “Katanin Catalyzes Microtubule Depolymerization Independent of Tubulin Carboxy Terminal Tails,” Cytoskeleton 76, 3, pp 254-268 (2019). *co-first authors contributed equally to experiments, analysis, and writing. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21522
AdvaniG, T.J. Maresca, J.L. Ross, “Creation and testing of a new, local microtubule-disruption tool based on the microtubule-severing enzyme, katanin p60,” Cytoskeleton, 75, 531-544 (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21482
FarhadiG, C. Fermino Do RosarioUG, E.P. Debold, A. Baskaran, J.L. Ross, “Composite Polymer Active Matter” Frontiers in Physics, (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2018.00075
Zhang, N. Kumar, J.L. Ross, M.L. Gardel, J.J. de Pablo , “Interplay of Structure, Elasticity and Dynamics in Actin-Based Nematic Materials,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 115, 2, E124–133, (2018). doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713832115
(Aug. 10, 2023)
The Syracuse University Research in Physics program brings Syracuse City School District students to campus labs for six weeks of physics research.
(Jan. 31, 2023)
Jennifer Ross of the Department of Physics and Jason Wiles of the Department of Biology are honored in recognition of their commitment to the advancement of science.
(Aug. 10, 2022)
Syracuse City School District students get a taste for college-level research alongside A&S faculty through the Syracuse University Research in Physics (SURPh) paid internship.
(Oct. 1, 2021)
The group’s NSF-funded project will provide a framework for the design of synthetic materials that accomplish biological functions.
(Feb. 9, 2021)
A&S physicist is a co-author on a paper exploring a biological system that may one day be applied to innovative self-healing roads and sidewalks of the future.
(April 2, 2020)
Department joins in the effort to fight COVID-19.