Philip D. Laible

Bldg: 202 Room: B133 Email: laible@anl.gov Phone: (630) 252-4875 Fax: (630) 252-5517 Education Professional Experience Publication List Research Highlights Full Information

> Education:

• Ph.D. 1995 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Plant Biology and Biophysics
• B.S. 1990 University of Illinois, Urbana IL; Agricultural Science

> Professional Experience:

• Biophysicist 2003-present, Argonne National Laboratory
• Assistant Biophysicist 1998-2003, Argonne National Laboratory
• Argonne Scholar, Biophysics 1997-1998, Argonne National Laboratory  
• Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow 1995-1997
  Sponsored by The Department of Energy and carried out at Argonne National Laboratory  
• National Institutes of Health Biophysics Trainee 1992-1995, Cornell University
• Plant Pathology Intern 1989, Walt Disney World's EPCOT attraction "The Land" in cooperation with NASA at the Kennedy Space Center
• Summer Research Project Leader 1988, Department of Agronomy and Campus Honors Program University of Illinois, Urbana, IL  
• Summer Contract Student and Research Assistant 1987, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS

> Honors and Awards:

• Section of Plant Biology Knudson Awards; Cornell University 1994 and 1995
• Andrew D. White Fellow; Cornell University 1990-1993
• Bronze Tablet; College of Agriculture; University of Illinois 1990
• Hugh P. Morrison Scholarship; University of Illinois1989-1990
• Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarship; University of Illinois 1986-1989
• Crow’s Hybrid Trust Scholarship; University of Illinois 1986-1989
• Outstanding Freshman; College of Agriculture; University of Illinois 1987  

> Research Highlights

Expression (in native form), purification, and crystallization of membrane proteins; Structure and function relationships in photosynthetic reaction centers and antennae; Excited state (singlet and triplet) energy transfer and trapping dynamics in light-harvesting systems.

> Alumni

• Rachel Potempa
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• David Mets | Berkeley
• Matthew Keller | Vanderbilt
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• Samuel Hofman | sjhofman@wisc.edu
• Katie Olson
• Adam Crawford | acrawfor@mcw.edu
• Joy Mayfield
• Sarit Singh | spsingh@uiuc.edu
• Dawn Shaw
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• Travis Croft | croft@marietta.edu
• Shaina Bengtson | shaina-bengtson@augustana.edu