Assistant Professor of Physics, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
iheemske@umich.edu
Office Information:
3047 BSRB
109 Zina Pitcher Place
phone: 734.936.0186
Physics;
Biophysics;
Experimental Biological Physics
Education/Degree:
University of California - Santa Barbara, Ph.D. 2012
Universiteit van Amsterdam, M.S., B.S., B.S.
About
Areas of Interest
What are the mechanisms through which stem cells give rise to self-organized embryonic structures and organs? How is the information required to form these structures encoded in highly dynamic signals? What is the role of the physical forces and geometric constraints in reproducible tissue patterning and morphogenesis?
Research Focus: stem cells, mammalian development, signaling & patterning dynamics, morphogenesis, mathematical modeling, biological physics
Credentials
- Rice University, Postdoctoral, 8/2018
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, Postdoctoral, 8/2015
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D., 3/2012
- Universiteit van Amsterdam, M.S., B.S., B.S.
Published Articles or Reviews
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Sr4NR7cAAAAJ&hl=nl
Web Sites
Heemskerk Lab
