peter.yunker@gatech.edu
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Dr. Yunker joined Georgia Tech’s School of Physics in 2014 after finishing his biophysics postdoc at Harvard University & New England Biolabs in 2014. Before that, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2012 after earning a B.S. in Physics from Texas A&M University in 2005. He has won the Burstein Prize and the Denenstein Award both from UPenn along with the Eric R. Immel Memorial award for Excellence in Teaching at GT.
Peter’s interests are biophysics, soft matter, and golden retrievers.
Associate Professor
Phone
404-385-8642
Office
Boggs B20
Additional Research
Nonequilibrium systems, densely packed active matter with life and death events, microbial physics, structural mechanics, fracture mechanics, evolution.
Research Focus Areas
IRI And Role
University, College, and School/Department
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=va75ptIAAAAJ&hl=en
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