Andreas Mershin
{{Short description|American physicist}}
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|workplaces = MIT
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Texas A&M University
|doctoral_advisor = Dimitri V. Nanopoulos
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|known_for = Biophysics of the cytoskeleton,{{cite journal | pmid = 1516985 | volume=15 | issue=4 | title=Does follicle-stimulating hormone or pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin influence testicular blood flow in rats? | journal=International Journal of Andrology | pages=365–71 | last1 = Bergh | first1 = A | last2 = Damber | first2 = JE | last3 = Lieu | first3 = L | last4 = Widmark | first4 = A | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2605.1992.tb01136.x| year=1992 | doi-access = free }} Biological photovoltaics{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1038/srep00234|pmid = 22355747|pmc = 3270499|title = Self-assembled photosystem-I biophotovoltaics on nanostructured TiO2 and ZnO|journal = Scientific Reports|volume = 2|pages = 234|year = 2012|last1 = Mershin|first1 = Andreas|last2 = Matsumoto|first2 = Kazuya|last3 = Kaiser|first3 = Liselotte|last4 = Yu|first4 = Daoyong|last5 = Vaughn|first5 = Michael|last6 = Nazeeruddin|first6 = Md. K.|last7 = Bruce|first7 = Barry D.|last8 = Graetzel|first8 = Michael|last9 = Zhang|first9 = Shuguang|bibcode = 2012NatSR...2..234M}}
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Andreas Mershin is a physicist who led the MIT Label Free Research Group at the Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 2004 to 2023. He continues to teach at MIT Sloan and is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of RealNose.ai (https://www.RealNose.ai/), a company specializing in advanced machine olfaction technologies, such as their first product, a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early prostate cancer detection claiming [https://news.mit.edu/2021/disease-detection-device-dogs-0217 canine-like diagnostic abilities].
Education
He received his MSci in physics from Imperial College London (1997) and his PhD in physics from Texas A&M University (2003), under Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, where he studied the theoretical and experimental biophysics of the cytoskeleton. He performed molecular dynamic simulations on tubulin. Under an NSF grant he conducted cross-disciplinary research that experimented with surface plasmon resonance, dielectric spectroscopy and molecular neurobiology. Mershin tested the hypothesis that the neuronal microtubular cytoskeleton is involved in memory encoding, storage, and retrieval in Drosophila.
Career
Mershin researches bio- and nano- materials at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT, where he develops bioelectronic photovoltaic and machine olfaction applications using membrane proteins integrated onto semiconductors. Mershin has patented in the field of bioenergy harvesters,[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002963 Bioenergy Harvesting: Electricity from Living Trees] he is also a co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' international annual "Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize"{{cite web|url=http://www.molecularfrontiers.org/pages/programs/molecularfrontiersprize.php |title=Molecular Frontiers - Molecular Frontiers Prize |accessdate=2008-09-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922080937/http://www.molecularfrontiers.org/pages/programs/molecularfrontiersprize.php |archivedate=2008-09-22 }} for the best scientific question posed by children.[https://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn13798-comment-we-need-a-nobel-prize-for-kids.html New Scientist article]
He is also the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of RealNose.ai (http://www.RealNose.ai), a company developing advanced machine olfaction technologies inspired by the olfactory capabilities of trained dogs. RealNose.ai specializes in creating non-invasive diagnostic tools, currently focusing applications for early prostate cancer detection.{{Cite web |title=RealNose.ai |url=https://www.realnose.ai/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=RealNose.ai |language=en-US}}
Mershin’s work has been featured in publications such as PLoS One,{{Cite journal |last=Guest |first=Claire |last2=Harris |first2=Rob |last3=Sfanos |first3=Karen S. |last4=Shrestha |first4=Eva |last5=Partin |first5=Alan W. |last6=Trock |first6=Bruce |last7=Mangold |first7=Leslie |last8=Bader |first8=Rebecca |last9=Kozak |first9=Adam |last10=Mclean |first10=Scott |last11=Simons |first11=Jonathan |last12=Soule |first12=Howard |last13=Johnson |first13=Thomas |last14=Lee |first14=Wen-Yee |last15=Gao |first15=Qin |date=2021-02-17 |title=Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245530 |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=e0245530 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0245530 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=7888653 |pmid=33596212 |doi-access=free}} MIT News,{{Cite web |date=2021-02-17 |title=Toward a disease-sniffing device that rivals a dog’s nose |url=https://news.mit.edu/2021/disease-detection-device-dogs-0217 |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}} and Wired.{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=Sara |title=The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog |url=https://www.wired.com/story/quest-to-make-robot-smell-cancer-dog/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |work=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} He has also appeared on QED with Dr. B[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSWmlj0VeN4] and delivered two TEDx talks highlighting his research in machine olfaction and bio-nano materials.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bootfdk7ZQ |title=Saving science from itself {{!}} Andreas Mershin {{!}} TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet |date=2017-11-27 |last=TEDx Talks |access-date=2025-01-21 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjV7NNwm1GU |title=Bio Nano Technology-New Frontiers in Molecular Engineering: Andreas Mershin at TEDxAthens |date=2013-01-24 |last=TEDx Talks |access-date=2025-01-21 |via=YouTube}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://web.mit.edu/mershin/www/ Official Website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjV7NNwm1GU Bio Nano Technology-New Frontiers in Molecular Engineering: Andreas Mershin at TEDxAthens]
- [https://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn13798-comment-we-need-a-nobel-prize-for-kids.html Mershin's New Scientist article on a Nobel prize for children]
- [http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N28/graphics/flying-1.html Mershin in MIT's newspaper]
- [https://www.springer.com/physics/quantum+physics/book/978-3-540-23890-4 The Emerging Physics of Consciousness] {{ISBN|978-3-540-23890-4}} Chapter 4: Towards Experimental Tests of Quantum Effects in Cytoskeletal Proteins
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Category:Alumni of Imperial College London
Category:Texas A&M University alumni
Category:American biophysicists