Bae-Yeun Ha

Bae-Yeun Ha
Professor, Undergraduate Advisor - Life Physics
Location: PHY 372

Biography

In Professor Ha's research group, they explore a few theoretical problems in soft matter and biophysics, namely, chromosomes in living cells and lipid bilayer membranes.

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials, Polymers and Bioplastics

  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

  • Soft Matter

  • Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology

  • Theoretical molecular biophysics & soft matter

  • Polymer physics for chromosome organization in a cell

  • Confined polymers: chain topology, spatial organization, & dynamics

  • Electrostatics in soft matter and biomolecules

  • Electrostatic modification of lipid membranes

  • Physical basis for cell selectivity of antimicrobial peptides

Scholarly Research

Education

  • 1996, Doctorate Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

  • 1986, Master of Science Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

  • 1985, Bachelor of Science (BS) Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Affiliations and Volunteer Work

  • Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Teaching*

  • PHYS 225 - Modeling Life Physics
    • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
  • PHYS 242 - Electricity and Magnetism 1
    • Taught in 2022, 2025
  • PHYS 365 - Mathematical Physics 2
    • Taught in 2021, 2022
  • PHYS 380 - Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
    • Taught in 2022, 2025
  • PHYS 491 - Special Topics in Life, Medical and Biophysics
    • Taught in 2022

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Bae-Yeun Ha and Youngkyun Jung. "Polymers under confinement: single polymers, how they interact, and as model chromosomes". Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 2333-2352

  • Juin Kim, Chanil Jeon, Hawoong Jeong, Youngkyun Jung and Bae-Yeun Ha. "A polymer in a crowded and confined space: effects of crowder size and poly-dispersity". Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 1877-1888

  • Chanil Jeon, Juin Kim, Hawoong Jeong, Youngkyun Jung and Bae-Yeun Ha. "Chromosome-like organization of an asymmetrical ring polymer confined in a cylindrical space". Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 8179-8193

  • Azadeh Bagheri, Sattar Taheri-Araghi, and Bae-Yeun Ha. "How Cell Concentrations Are Implicated in Cell Selectivity of Antimicrobial Peptides". Langmuir, 2015, 31 (29), pp 8052–8062.

  • Please see Pubfacts for a complete list of Dr. Ha's publications.