Kevin C. Axelrod

Dissertation Title: Bistable Dynamics in Microbial Ecology and Systems Biology PhD Dissertation Advisor:  Dr. Jeff Gore, Dept. of Physics, MIT

Kevin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in physics and biochemistry and an M.S. in physics. His undergraduate research focused on the chiral separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes using rationally designed peptides.  He completed his PhD dissertation in Jeff Gore's group in the MIT Physics Department, where he worked to develop tools to characterize the stability of cellular memory against perturbations in the extracellular environment.  In his spare time, he plays kickball and finds new ways to incorporate ghost peppers into everything he eats.