Todd Sulchek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0405

Phone: 404-385-1887
Fax: 404-385-8187
Location:GT: Love Building - Room 303
E-Mail: todd.sulchek@me.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.me.gatech.edu/faculty/sulchek.shtml

Areas of Research

Bioengineering and Microelectromechanical Systems: Atomic force microscopy, MEMs, biomechanics, adhesion, multivalent drug delivery, imaging and metrology, biosensors.

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Stanford University, 2002
• M.S., Stanford University, 2000
• B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1996

Selected Awards

• 2003-2006, LLNL Physical Biosciences Fellow
• 2004-2005, Consultant for Project Impact, in making affordable intraocular lenses

Selected Research Publications

• C. Blanchette, et al. 2008. Quantifying Size Distributions of Nanolipoprotein Particles (NLPs) with Single Particle Analysis and Molecular Dynamic (MD) Simulations. Journal of Lipid Research 49, 1420.
• T. Sulchek, R.W. Friddle, and A. Noy. 2006. Strength of Multiple Parallel Biological Bonds. Biophysical Journal 90, 4686.
• T. Sulchek, et al. 2005. Dynamic Force Spectroscopy of Parallel Individual Mucin1-Antibody Bonds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, 16638.
• L. A. Pinnaduwage, et al. 2003. A Microsensor for Trinitrotoluene Vapour. Nature 425, 474.
• T. Sulchek, et al. 2000. High-Speed Tapping Mode Imaging with Active Q Control for Atomic Force Microscopy. Applied Physics Letters 76, 1473.