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Jason Sidabras_Academic Profile

Jason W. Sidabras, PhD

Assistant Professor

Locations

  • Biophysics
  • MFRC 2058

Contact Information

General Interests

Protein structure/function, technology development for magnetic resonance, MRI coil development; EPR instrumentation development

Education

PhD (Doctor rerum naturalium), Physics, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, 2020
MS, Electrical Engineering, Marquette University, 2010
BS, Electrical Engineering Technology, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, 2003

Biography

I earned a BS in electrical engineering technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and an MS in electrical engineering from Marquette University. While pursuing these degrees, I worked as a research engineer in the MCW Department of Biophysics. I then relocated to Germany, where I conducted my doctoral dissertation research at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion and defended my dissertation at the Technical University of Dortmund. I received a Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) in physics in January 2020. In late 2020, I returned to the MCW Department of Biophysics as an assistant professor.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Equipment Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Microwaves
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

Research Experience

  • Biophysics
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Phenomena
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Microwaves
  • Physics

Methodologies and Techniques

  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Research Interests

My research interests currently focus on technology development to improve magnetic resonance experiments. Applications of the technology range from instrumentation development for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) for studying protein structure, function, and dynamics to coil development for human and small mammal functional MRI.

Lab Members
Anand Anilkumar, Graduate Student
Richard Scherr, Engineering Technician III
Akansha Sharma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Joseph Wehrley, Engineering Technician I

Publications