Jeff Gelles
Professor at Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Gelles is a seasoned professor and experimental biophysicist with over three decades at Brandeis University, where he holds the Aaron and Imre Tauber Chair and co-directs the Quantitative Biology graduate program. His research focuses on single-molecule biophysics and biochemical mechanisms probed by advanced optical and microscopy methods, bridging fundamental discovery with biotechnology applications. Trained at Caltech (Ph.D.) and Harvard (A.B.), he combines deep spectroscopy and microscopy expertise with a long track record of mentoring graduate and undergraduate scientists. He spent formative postdoctoral years in cell mechanics at Washington University under Michael Sheetz, informing a career that links molecular-level insights to quantitative, systems-level thinking. An occasional expert witness, Jeff brings a practical eye for rigorous experimental design and interpretation that benefits both teaching and translational collaborations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, he remains active in shaping quantitative biology training and instrumentation development.
11 years of coding experience
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Upper Arlington High SchoolCalifornia Institute of TechnologyA.B., Biochemical Sciences, A.B., Biochemical Sciences at Harvard University
Github Skills (9)
microscopy8
image-data6
cosmos6
pyro5
bayesian5
molecule5
localization4
image-classification4
probabilistic-programming3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gelles-brandeis/Glimpse
Jun 2014 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 88 commits, 4 PRs in 8 years 4 months
microscopy
gelles-brandeis/jganalyze
Apr 2016 - Apr 2024
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 1 month
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