Ashley Carter

Prof. Carter’s research interests lie in teaching a wide variety of students from different fields about physical principles. She enjoy topics in biophysics and optics.

 

Her lab is interested in studying the mechanical properties of biological molecules or cells. To do this her lab uses techniques in laser optics, microscopy, and biochemistry. Typically, the lab look at the motion of small micron-sized polystyrene beads that are attached to a biological specimen of interest. By tracking the movement or binding of the bead we can infer the trajectory of the specimen.