LBNL Faculty Scientist
Assoc. Professor of Chemistry
Univ. of California, Berkeley

jtgroves@lbl.gov
phone: 510-666-3602

Education
B.S., Chemistry,  Tufts University
Ph.D., Biophysics, Stanford University
Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Division Director’s Fellow,  LBNL

Major Awards
2008  Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
2005  NSF Early Career Development Award
2004  Beckman Young Investigator Award
2003  MIT TR100
2002  Searle Scholar's Award
2000  Burroughs Wellcome Career Award

General Research Interests
Cells interact with each other and their environment through myriad membrane associated receptors and signaling molecules. In addition to individual receptor-ligand binding, spatial rearrangement of receptors into complex patterns is rapidly emerging as a broadly significant aspect of cell recognition. We are mounting a quantitative investigation of the physical characteristics and principles governing molecular reorganization events during initial stages of cellular recognition and signaling.

MSD Research Projects:
Biomolecular Materials
Soft Matter Electron Microscopy

Personal website:  http://groveslab.cchem.berkeley.edu/