Department of Physics & Astronomy
251A Clippinger Labs, Ohio University
Athens, OH45701
Office - 357A Clippinger Labs: (740) 593-1694
Lab - 367 & 355 Clippinger Labs: (740) 593-1725
Fax: (740) 593-0433
E-mail: tees@ohio.edu

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Professional Information

Department of Physics & Astronomy
251A Clippinger Labs
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Office - 357A Clippinger Labs: (740) 593-1694
Lab - 367 & 355 Clippinger Labs: (740) 593-1725
Fax: (740) 593-0433
E-mail: tees@ohio.edu

Education

Ph. D. (Physics), January, 1996 - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

M. Sc. (Atmospheric Physics), October, 1989 - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

B. Sc. (Physics), June, 1986 - McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Professional Experience

Associate Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy Ohio University, Athens, OH, U.S.A. (September 2007 - present)

Assistant Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy Ohio University, Athens, OH, U.S.A. (September 2001 - August, 2007)

Research Associate - Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Oct, 2000 - Aug, 2001) Research on the biophysics of cell adhesion (supervisor: Daniel A. Hammer).

Postdoctoral Researcher - Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Aug, 1996 - Oct, 2000) Research on the force dependence of reverse reaction rates for selectin-carbohydrate bonds (supervisor: Daniel A. Hammer).

Postdoctoral Researcher - Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY , U.S.A. (Dec, 1995 - Aug, 1996) Research on the force dependence of reverse reaction rates for selectin-carbohydrate bonds (supervisor: Daniel A. Hammer).

Graduate Research Assistant - Ph.D. McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (Aug, 1989 - Nov, 1995) Thesis: On the time and force dependence of antigen-antibody mediated cell adhesion. (supervisor: Harry L. Goldsmith)

Graduate Research Assistant - M. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada (Aug, 1986 - Aug,1989) Thesis: Range dependence of radar estimates of rainfall: a simulation (supervisor: Geoffrey L. Austin)

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

2006-2011 – National Science Foundation CAREER Award Recipient

2004-2006 – American Heart Association Ohio Valley Affiliate Beginning Grant in Aid Recipient

2005 – Ohio University Arts and Sciences Dean's Outstanding Teacher Award

1997-1999 - Recipient of two-year postdoctoral fellowship from Quebec research funding agency Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (FCAR)

July, 1995 - Whitaker Foundation Travel Award from the North American Society of Biorheology for travel to 9th International Conference of Biorheology in Big Sky, Montana.

Professional Activities

Member of Biophysical Society, Biomedical Engineering Society American Chemical Society, American Physical Society and AAAS.

Reviewer and panelist for the National Science Foundation and the American Heart Association. Reviewer of over 30 articles for Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Biophysical Journal, Biorheology, Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Langmuir and Mathematical Biosciences.

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