Enrique Rojas

Enrique Rojas

Assistant Professor of Biology

EDUCATION

  • 2010 Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University
  • 2004 B.A. Physics, University of Pennsylvania

AREAS OF RESEARCH/INTEREST

Experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding cell-scale biophysics in bacteria, plants and fungi.

FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2014 - 2015 NIH-Fogarty Global Health Equity Scholars
  • 2011 - 2014 NIH Simbios Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship

External Affiliations

  • 2017 - Present Member of the International Advisory Board of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences

Selected Publications

  • Rojas ER, Huang KC (2018) Regulation of Microbial Growth by Turgor Pressure. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 42:62-70
  • Rojas ER, Huang KC, Theriot JA (2017) Homeostatic Cell Growth Is Accomplished Mechanically through Membrane Tension Inhibition of Cell-Wall Synthesis. Cell Systems. 5:578-590
  • Zhou X*, Halladin DK*, Rojas ER*, et al (2015) Mechanical crack propagation drives millisecond daughter cell separation in Staphylococcus aureus. Science. 348(6234):574-578
  • Rojas ER, Theriot JA, Huang KC (2014) Response of Escherichia coli growth rate to osmotic shock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 111(21): 7807-7812
  • Rojas ER, Hotton S, Dumais J (2011) Chemically mediated mechanical expansion of the pollen tube cell wall. Biophysical Journal. 101(8):1844-1853