Ofer Kimchi
2021 PhD Graduate of Biophysics
I first got interested in Biophysics through the Integrated Science Curriculum at Princeton, where I was an undergrad in the Physics department. At Princeton, I worked with Ned Wingreen on how bacterial ribosomes search for the start codon on mRNA, David Huse on phase transitions in the q=3 Potts model, and Ben Machta on how the near-criticality of the cell membrane leads to interesting effects on ion channels. I'm currently working with Michael Brenner on developing a computational algorithm using polymer physics to completely enumerate the free energy landscape of RNA secondary structure. I am interested in using this tool both for RNA secondary structure prediction as well as for biologically-inspired materials design.
Contact Information
Laboratory of Dr. Michael Brenner
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Office: Pierce 302A
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Office: Pierce 302A