Date:
Thursday, April 30, 2015
UCI Assistant Professor Jun Allard has been awarded an NSF Early CAREER Award.
Dr. Allard joined UCI after a PhD from the University of British Columbia, an MSc from Dalhousie University, and a BSc from Queen’s University.
Dr. Allard's research at UC Irvine focuses on Biopolymers (flexible rods), biomembranes (fluid sheets like soap bubbles), and force-sensitive biomolecular bonds are the Lego blocks of cells, used repeatedly inside cells to build a variety of nanometer-sized machines that help perform functions, allowing cells to divide, crawl, organize their interiors, sense their environment and communicate with other cells.