Research
I am a physicist by training, primarily interested in relationships between the nano, micro, and macro-scales.
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My experience spans soft matter physics, microfluidics, rheology, biology, materials science, and mechanical engineering. I work across these fields to find new things biology can teach physicists and engineers, and to support the use of physics and engineering tools in biology.
Recent Projects
Awards
2020 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship for Young Scientists
~USD$45,000 over 2 years for research at a Japanese university, competitive national award
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2016 - People's Choice Poster Award, Kyushu University and OIST Graduate Student Symposium
Awarded by popular vote for my poster presentation on zombie ant microCT
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2015 - Okinawa Insitute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate Student Fellowship
~USD$150,000 over 5 years for research at OIST, awarded with admission
Publications
2019 - Campbell, R.A. and M.N. Dean “Adaptation and evolution of biological materials”
Integrative and Comparative Biology DOI:10.1093/icb/icz134
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2018 - Bhalla, N., S. Sathish, C.J. Galvin, R.A. Campbell, A. Sinha, and A.Q. Shen.
"Plasma assisted large-scale nanoassembly of metal-insulator bioplasmonic mushrooms."
ACS Applied Material Interfaces DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b15396
Conference Talks
2019 - Campbell, R.A. and M.N. Dean “Adaptation and evolution of biological materials” (Symposium Introduction)
S4: "Adaptation and Evolution of Biological Materials" 5 January 2019
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2019 Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, USA)
Posters
2019 - “3D silk gland geometries for comparative spider biology and bio-inspired material processing”
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2019 Annual Meeting (Tampa, FL, USA) 5 January 2019
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2016 - “Visualizing parasitization with micro-computed tomography: Pseudacteon spp. and Solenopsis spp.”
Kyushu University and OIST Graduate Student Symposium (Fukuoka, Japan) 22 August 2016
People’s Choice Poster Award Winner
Workshops Attended
2019 - “Data-driven Discovery and Design in Soft and Biological Materials”
Aspen Center for Physics (Aspen, CO, USA)
led by Erik Luijten (Northwestern), Gerard Wong (UCLA), and Andrew Ferguson (UIUC)
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2017 - “Multiscale Materials Design”
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA)
led by Markus Buehler (MIT)
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2016 - “Complex Fluid-Fluid Interfaces: Capillarity and Interfacial Rheology”
XVIITH International Congress of Rheology (Kyoto, Japan)
led by Gerald G. Fuller, (Stanford) and Jan Vermant (ETH Zurich)
Academic Service
2017-2019 - Lead Organizer of Symposium S4: "Adaptation and Evolution of Biological Materials"
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2019 Annual Meeting (MEETING WEBSITE)
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2016-2017 - Student Representative to the OIST Graduate Student Council
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
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2016-2017 - Student Representative to the OIST Gender Equality Committee
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
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2016-2017 - Chair of the OIST Internal Seminar Series Organizing Committee
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)​
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2015-2016 - Student Member of the OIST Internal Seminar Series Organizing Committee
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)​