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Information on graduate studies in biophysics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recognized for its
excellence in biophysics. Nearly fifty talented faculty persons from ten
departments (including
Superfine
and
Tiesinga
in the Physics & Astronomy Department) currently train graduate students
in this rapidly expanding field. Several current
physics
graduate students are doing research in areas of biophysics.
Students entering the Physics & Astronomy Department with an interest in
biophysics can apply for support by the
Molecular & Cellular Biophysics
Program.
Physics students supported by this National Institutes of Health funded
program obtain the PhD in physics but become part of an interdisciplinary
group of students from several departments to take courses that teach the
basics of biophysics. In addition, students supported by the MCB Program
have the flexibility of performing research rotations in any of the 50
campus-wide biophysics laboratories before choosing one of these for the
thesis project. A student wishing to affiliate with the MCB Program
should apply at the program web site at the same time that they apply to
the Physics & Astronomy Department. More information on the MCB Program
can be obtained by contacting its director, Professor Barry Lentz at
uncbrl@med.unc.edu
or 919-966-5384.
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