James Clarke, Ph.D. - Curriculum Vitae
Education & Research
Ph.D. in Physics
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (08/2019 - 12/2024)
M.S. in Applied Physics
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (06/2017 - 09/2018)
B.S. in Physics
Trinity University San Antonio, TX (08/2013 - 05/2017)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. (01/2024 - Present)
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Longhorn Life Sciences Inc., Austin, TX, USA. (2021 - Present)
Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Austin, Advised by José Alvarado, Austin, TX, USA. (2019 - 2024)
Engineer II Applications Development
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hillsboro, OR, USA. (2018 - 2019)
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Oregon, Advised by George Nazin, Eugene, OR, USA. (2017-2018)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Trinity University, Advised by Kelvin Cheng, San Antonio, TX, USA. (2015-2017)
Honors, Grants, and Awards
- Texas Champion ($15k); UT Austin Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (2024)
- T.T. & W.F. Chao “Chairman’s” Award ($20k), Texas Business Hall of Fame (2023)
- Texas Proof of Concept Award ($25k), UT Austin (2023)
- Professional Development Award ($1k), UT Austin Physics (2023)
- Texas Soft Matter Conference Best Talk Award; UT Austin (2022)
- CNS Inspire Tech Commercialization Award ($7k), Texas Innovation Center (2022)
- Texas Soft Matter Conference Best Talk Award; Rice University (2021)
- M.S. awarded summa cum laude; University of Oregon (2018)
- Future of Physics Days Travel Grant; American Physical Society (2017)
Contributions
Publications
Conference Articles
- C Hakala, J Clarke, M Biedrzycki, K Price, J Johnson, G Mitchson. “Automated Gas enhanced PFIB surface preparation enabled metrology and statistical analysis of 3D NAND devices”, Proc Int’l Symp for Testing and Failure Analysis, (Portland, OR, November 2019)
- M Ledoux, J Clarke, B Avedisian, C Rue, U Adiga, M Biedrzycki. “Gas enhanced PFIB surface preparation enabled metrology and statistical analysis of 3D NAND devices”, Proceedings of the SPIE, Advanced Lithography, (San Jose, CA, Feb 26 2019)
Research Articles
- J Clarke, L Melcher, AD Crowell, F Cavanna, JR Houser, K Graham, AM Green, JC Stachowiak, TM Truskett, DJ Milliron, AM Rosales, M Das, J Alvarado; Morphological control of bundled actin networks subject to fixed-mass depletion. J. Chem. Phys. 14 August 2024; 161 (7): 074905. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0197269
- J Clarke, F Cavanna, A Marne, A Davolio, J Alvarado; Nonlinear contractile response of actomyosin active gels to control signals. (Under review)
- J Clakre, A Marne, H Lee, K Wong, J Alvarado. Stress relaxation in pinned actomyosin contraction. (In Preparation)
- J Clarke, J McGrath, J Alvarado. Perspective: The interplay between Control Theory and Biology. (In Preparation)
- J Alvarado, J Clarke, G Koenderink. Critical slowing dynamics of contractile actomyosin gels. (In Preparation)
Patents
- Perimeter trench formation and delineation etch delayering (US Patent No. US 11,257,683 B2). Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2022)
- Method and system for backside planar view lamella preparation (US Patent No. US 11,069,509 B1). Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2021)
- Microneedle Wound Monitoring Systems, Devices and Methods (206161-0047-P1US). Provisional (2023)
Invited Talks
- Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Group Meeting, Austin, TX, USA (2024)
- Center for Nonlinear Dynamics Group Meeting, Austin, TX, USA (2023)
- Trinity University Physics Seminar, San Antonio, TX, USA (2020)
Contributed Talks
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany (2024)
- Particle Pints, UT Austin (2023)
- American Physical Society March Meeting, Las Vegas, USA (2023)
- Texas Soft Matter Conference, Austin, USA (2022)
- American Physical Society March Meeting, Chicago, USA (2022)
- Texas Soft Matter Conference, Rice University, Houston, USA (2021)
- American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, USA (2017)
Posters
- MRSEC Industry Day, Austin, USA (2024)
- MRSEC Industry Day, Austin, USA (2023)
Leadership Roles
- Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer - Longhorn Life Sciences Inc. (2021 - Present)
- Member & Organizer - College of Natural Science Center for Social Change (2020 - 2022)
- President - Trinity University Society of Physics Students (2015 - 2016)
Research Supervision
Graduate Students Advised
- PhD Khashayar Moshksayan, UT. Project: Microfluidic development for a wound monitoring device (2023 - Present)
- PhD Joseph Schmidt, UT. Project: Sensor development for a wound monitoring device. (2023 - Present)
- PhD Zhoushenyan Hong, UT. Project: Validation assay for artificial body fluid measurement. (2021 - 2022)
- PhD Emma Hunt, UT. Project: Pulsatile Actomyosin. (2022)
- PhD Ram Sudha, UT. Project: Simulating light sheet interactions with an actin network. (2020)
Undergraduate Students Advised
- James Lee, UT. Project: Measuring actomyosin forces. (2024-Present)
- Kyla Wong, UT. Project: Comparing free and pinned contraction in actomyosin gels. (2024-Present)
- Archita Duvvada, UT. Project: Microneedle development for a wound monitoring device. (2024-Present)
- John Zhang, UT. Project: Simulating microfluidic flow for a wound monitoring device. (2021-2022)
- Omar Cantu, UT. Project: In vitro sarcomere. (2021-2022)
Teaching and Public Outreach
- Speaker, Particle Pints May Event, Darwin’s Pub, Austin, USA (2023)
- Volunteer, UT Austin Engineering Day, Austin, USA (2023)
- Teaching Assistant, Waves Laboratory, UT Austin, Austin, USA (2019-2021)
- Volunteer, UT Austin Girl Day, Austin, USA (2020)