Department of Physics Professor Michael Poirier was awarded a 2024 APS Division of Biological Physics Fellowship!

"Fellowship in the American Physical Society is a great honor. In accordance with the APS Constitution, 'there shall be elected to Fellowship only such Members who have contributed to the advancement of physics by independent, original research or who have rendered some other special service to the cause of the sciences.'"  (APS website)

Professor Poirier was chosen for this prestigious honor for his "significant contributions to the biophysical understanding of nucleosome and chromatin dynamics, including how these dynamics are controlled by epigenetic factors to regulate genome accessibility."

Congratulations, Professor Poirier!