Daniel Charlebois, PhD, PPhys
Personal Website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~dcharleb/
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- dcharleb@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-3985
- Address
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3-189 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
biophysics mathematical biology synthetic biology antimicrobial resistance magnetobiology gene regulatory networks machine learning for medical diagnostics microbial evolution experiments pathogenic yeasts phenotypic heterogeneity
About
I am an Associate Professor of Biophysics in the Department of Physics.
Education & Training
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow/Postdoctoral Associate, Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology, Stony Brook University (2014-2019) [Advisor: Prof. Gabor Balazsi]
PhD Physics (2014), University of Ottawa. Graduate researcher at the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology [Advisor: Prof. Mads Kaern]
MSc Physics (2010), University of Ottawa. Graduate researcher at the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology [Advisor: Prof. Mads Kaern].
BSc Physics, Applied Mathematics Minor (2008), University of Calgary. Undergraduate researcher at the Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics [Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Kauffman].
BSc Biological Sciences (2008), University of Calgary. Undergraduate researcher at the Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics [Supervisor: Dr. Stuart Kauffman].
Research
My research at the interface of physics and biology combines computation and experiment to make fundamental and translational advances in the fields of antimicrobial resistance, biophysics, and magnetobiology. For more details, please visit the Charlebois Lab Website.
Teaching
I teach courses on introductory and advanced biophysics, and first-year engineering physics.
Courses
BIOPH 401 - Advanced Biophysics
Physical properties of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; biopolymer folding; ligand binding and allostery; lipid membranes; cellular electricity and nerve conduction; models of molecular motors; stochasticity in biology; numerical and experimental techniques in biophysics; synthetic biology. Prerequisites: MATH 209 or 215 or 315 or 317 or MA PH 351, MATH 201/334/336 or MA PH 251, BIOPH 201, PHYS 234, PHYS 230/281, PHYS 310.
BIOPH 501 - Advanced Biophysics
Physical properties of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; biopolymer folding; ligand binding and allostery; lipid membranes; cellular electricity and nerve conduction; models of molecular motors; stochasticity in biology; numerical and experimental techniques in biophysics; synthetic biology. Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.
EN PH 131 - Mechanics
Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
Featured Publications
Guthrie JD, Shankarnarayan SA, Charlebois DA
Scientific reports. 2026 April; 10.1038/s41598-026-48015-2
Magnetic field platform for experiments on well-mixed and spatially structured microbial populations
Akila Bandara, Enoki Li, Daniel A. Charlebois
Biophysical Reports. 2024 September; 10.1016/j.bpr.2024.100165
Daniel A. Charlebois
npj Systems Biology and Applications. 2023 September; 10.1038/s41540-023-00304-6
Samira Rasouli Koohi, Shamanth A. Shankarnarayan, Clare Maristela Galon, Daniel A. Charlebois
Biomedicines. 2023 March; 10.3390/biomedicines11030898
Joshua D Guthrie, Daniel A Charlebois
Physical Biology. 2022 November; 10.1088/1478-3975/ac8c17
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Research Students
Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.
Dr. Charlebois is accepting applications from undergraduate students from different disciplines (must be willing to take BIOPH 201 and/or apply for funding) and from physics undergraduate students who are interested in doing a research-based independent study course (PHYS 399 or PHYS 499) at the University of Alberta. There are also opportunities for physics graduate students (funding provided) and for and postdoctoral fellows (must hold or apply for funding). If you are interested, please send Dr. Charlebois an email including your CV, a brief statement of research interests and qualifications, and transcripts (unofficial are fine). Note that only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.