Welcome to Divya Singh’s mini
world !
This is my website in progress. I am a graduate
student at The Johns Hopkins University, in
the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
My research is interdisciplinary and can be classified as Soft condensed matter
Physics/Biophysics. Before this, I finished my undergraduate studies at
the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur,
where I did the 5 yr Integrated program in Physics.
For my research at Johns Hopkins, I have been associated with the Biomedical Optics lab .
Presently I work with the SANS group at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.
Background:
Before deciding to do biophysics, as an undergraduate I spent my summers trying out various things.
Here are a few groups that I spent time with in the past and met some of the best friends and mentors:
- Summer ’99: studied models of Molecular motors with the Non linear dynamics group, at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
- Summer’98:
studied the phenomenon of laser cooling and trapping with the Atomic and Optical physics
group at the Indian Institute of Science,
- Summer’97: did a summer course in Astrophysics at the Raman Research Institute , Banglaore
- Fall
& Spring’99: Amorphous Semiconductor laboratory, IIT-Kanpur
This webpage is solely a result of Prof. Henry’s requirements for his
Intermediate seminar course Here is a link to the talk I gave for this course: Single Molecule Experiments Grabbing
molecules one by one to Physics of Molecular Motors
Research and Teaching:
Effect of surface chemistry penetrates deep into
F-actin gels; Singh D, Peng F, Kuo SC, Biophysical Society Meeting, 2004.
Electrical and Photoluminescent properties of
Porous silicon: Experimental project, IIT-Kanpur, 2000
I have been involved in teaching of the following courses at Hopkins and had the opportunity to know many wonderful students.
General physics I & II for Physical Science majors
Interests:
I like to volunteer my
time for: AID JHU, and the JHU SNV. Here are a few of my writings on these activities.
My reading interests
range from non fiction to poetry and philosophy. I
regularly spend time practising Yoga and meditation.
A small Photo gallery of some of my
wonderings in the wilderness
My Resume (I shall add
some day soon)!
This page is dedicated to the biggest inspiration
in my life, my
father, a High energy Physics theorist and the numerous women and men in
high school, college and grad school (the list’s pretty long) who have shaped
my life so far.. I remain indebted to them.
Here is an article meant for graduate students..and one of my favorite comic strips is Piled higher and deeper.
Comments
email to: divyas [at] pha.jhu.edu