Dr Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith

Career

• 2010-present: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Cambridge
• 2005-2010: Graduate student, University of Washington

Research

Aurelia is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in the Goldstein research group.  Her current research interests include the interactions between fluid flow and cytoplasmic streaming, and embryo inversion in Volvox.  She completed her PhD in physical chemistry working with Sarah L. Keller at the University of Washington on an investigation of critical fluctuations in lipid membranes.

Selected Publications

• Experimental observations of dynamic critical phenomena in a lipid
     membrane.  Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Benjamin B. Machta, Sarah L. Keller. Phys. Rev. Lett. ( in press 2012). arXiv: 1104.2613v2.
  

• Solubility Limits of Cholesterol, Lanosterol, Ergosterol, Stigmasterol, and b-Sitosterol in Electroformed Lipid Vesicles.  Mark M. Stevens, Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Sarah L. Keller. Soft Matter 2010, 6, 5882-5890

• An introduction to critical points for biophysicists: observations of compositional heterogeneity in lipid membranes. Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Sarah L. Veatch, Sarah L. Keller.  Biochim. et Biophys. Act. (invited) 1788 (1), 53-63 (2009)

•  Critical Fluctuations in Plasma Membrane Vesicles. Sarah L. Veatch, Pietro Cicuta, Prabuddha Sengupta, Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, David Holowka, and Barbara Baird. ACS Chem. Biol. 3 (5), 287–293 (2008)

• Line Tensions, Correlation Lengths, and Critical Exponents in Lipid Membranes Near Critical Points. Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, Pietro Cicuta, Marcus D. Collins, Sarah L. Veatch, Marcel den Nijs, M. Schick and Sarah L. Keller. Biophys. J. 95, 236-246 (2008)

• Direct measurement of relative and collective diffusion in a dilute binary colloidal suspension. Michelle K. Knowles, Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith, and Andrew H. Marcus. J. Chem. Phys 122, 234909 (2005)