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David R. Nelson

Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics and Professor of Physics and Applied Physics

Primary Teaching Area

Applied Physics

Contact

Lyman 325
(617) 495-4331

Websites

www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/nelson
projects.iq.harvard.edu/nelson

Research Areas

Applied Mathematics
Active Matter Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems
Applied Physics
Biomaterials

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