MeredithÌýBetterton

  • Professor
  • PHYSICS
Address

Office: Duane F629

91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó

I'm interested in the physics of cell division and related biophysics. My current projects address motor protein dynamics and microtubule length regulation, cytoskeletal active matter, mitotic spindle assembly and regulation, chromosome segregation in cell division, and disordered proteins in the nuclear pore complex.

Education

  • PhD Physics, Harvard, 2000
  • BA Physics,ÌýMagna cum laude, Princeton, 1994

Honors and Awards

  • NIH Quantitative 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Development Award (K25), 2014
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2009
  • Alfred P. Sloan 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Fellowship, 2004
  • Junior Faculty Development Award, Council on 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó and Creative Work, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó at 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó, 2004
  • Chateaubriand Fellowship, 2000
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fellowship, Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology, 1998
  • Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 1998