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