Axel Ekani-Nkodo

Axel Ekani Nkodo received a MA in Physics from the Université de Strasbourg, France (1996), a D.E.A. - advanced studies diploma - in materials and condensed matter physics (1997) and Ph. D. (2001) from the same university. During his thesis, he performed experiments to study the mechanisms of DNA electrophoresis in polymer solutions. He joined Prof. Fygenson’s group in November 2001.

(1) Diffusion coefficient of DNA molecules during free solution electrophoresis, Ekani-Nkodo A, Garnier JM, Tinland B, Ren HJ, Desruisseaux C, McCormick LC, Drouin G, Slater GW, Electrophoresis 22, 2424-2432 (2001).

(2) Simultaneous measurements of the electrophoretic mobility, diffusion coefficient and orientation of dsDNA during electrophoresis in polymer solutions, Ekani Nkodo A, Tinland B, Electrophoresis 23, 2755-2765 (2002).

He can be reached by e-mail at: ekani@mrl.ucsb.edu.

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