Kimberly Weirich joined the Materials Science and Engineering department as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020. She is an interdisciplinary researcher in experimental soft matter and biological materials, with focuses in self-organization and unusual mechanics in soft materials inspired by biology.
Dr. Weirich has a Ph.D. in Biomolecular Science and Engineering and undergraduate degrees in Physics and Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Before joining Clemson University, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago in the James Franck Institute and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuning shape and internal structure of protein droplets via biopolymer filaments, D. Scheff, K. L. Weirich, K. Dasbiswas, A. Patel, S. Vaikuntanathan, and M. L. Gardel, Soft Matter, 16 (24) 5659-5668 (2020)
Tuning molecular motor transport through cytoskeletal filament network organization, M. Scholz, K. L. Weirich, M. L. Gardel, and A. R. Dinner, Soft Matter, 16 (8): 2135-2140 (2020)
Self-organizing motors divide active liquid droplets, K. L. Weirich, K. Dasbiswas, T. A. Witten, S. Vaikuntanathan, and M. L. Gardel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (23): 11125-11130 (2019)
Filament rigidity and connectivity tune deformation modes of active cytoskeletal networks, S. Stam, S. L. Freedman, S. Banerjee, K. L. Weirich, A. R. Dinner, and M. L. Gardel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (47): E10037-E10045 (2017)
Liquid behavior of cross-linked actin bundles, K. L. Weirich, S. Banerjee, K. Dasbiswas, T. A. Witten, S. Vaikuntanathan, and M. L. Gardel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (9): 2131-2136 (2017)
Cycling state that can lead to glassy dynamics in intracellular transport, M. Scholz, S. Burov, K. L. Weirich, B. J. Scholz, S. M. A. Tabei, M. L. Gardel, and A. R. Dinner, Physical Review X, 6 (1): 011037 (2016)
Sialylneolacto-N-tetraose c (LSTc)-bearing liposomal decoys capture influenza A virus, G. L. Hendricks, K. L. Weirich, K. Viswanathan, J. Li, Z. H. Shriver, J. Ashour, H. L. Ploegh, E. A. Kurt-Jones, D. K. Fygenson, R. W. Finberg, J. C. Comolli, and J. P. Wang, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288 (12): 8061-8073 (2013)
Bilayer edges catalyze supported lipid bilayer formation, K. L. Weirich, J. N. Israelachvili, and D. K. Fygenson, Biophysical Journal, 98 (1): 85-92 (2010)