Dr. Sachin Goyal

University of California, Merced, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: sgoyal@physics.emory.edu

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, USA

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, USA

Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

Ph.D., University of Michigan, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. “Robust estimation of nonlinear constitutive law from static equilibrium data for modeling the mechanics of DNA,” (with Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J.) 2011, , Automatica, vol. 47 (6), pp. 1175-1182, 2011.
2. “Buckling of sheared rods and friction of microfibril arrays,” (with Naderman, N., A. Kumar, and C. Hui) Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 7 (52), pp. 1581-1589, 2010.
3. “Determination of the number of proteins bound non-specifically to DNA,” (with Liebesny, P., D. Dunlap, F. Family and L. Finzi) Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Special Issue: From DNA inspired physics to physics inspired biology, vol. 22(41), 414104, 2010.
4. “Computational Looping Analysis of a Large Family of Highly Bent DNA by LacI,” (with Lillian, T., J. D. Kahn, E. Meyhöfer and N. C. Perkins) Biophysical Journal, vol. 95, pp. 5832-5842, 2008.
5. “Looping mechanics of rods and DNA with non-homogeneous and discontinuous stiffness,” (with N.C. Perkins) International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol. 43(10), pp. 1121-1129, 2008.
6. “Non-linear dynamic intertwining of rods with self-contact,” (with N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee) International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol. 43(1), pp. 65-73, 2008.
7. “Resolving the Sequence-Dependent Stiffness of DNA using Cyclization Experiments and a Computational Rod Model,” (with N.C. Perkins and J.C. Meiners) ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 3(1), 01103, 2008.
8. “Intrinsic Curvature of DNA Influences Lac-R Mediated Looping,” (with T. Lillian, S. Blumberg, J. C. Meiners, E. Meyhöfer and N. C. Perkins) Biophysical Journal, vol. 93, pp. 4342-4359, 2007.
9. “Nonlinear Dynamics and Loop Formation in Kirchhoff Rods with Implications to the Mechanics of DNA and Cables” (with N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee, 2005) Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 209, pp. 371-389, 2005.
10. “Modeling Structural Deformations of DNA Molecules Using Identification Techniques,” (with Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J.) Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, December, in press. (Invited Session on “System Identification in Biology and Medicine”), pp. 3385 - 3390, 2010.
11. “An Interactive Web-based Simulation Tool for Surgical Threads,” (with Ruimi, A., Nour, B. M.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Biological and Biomedical Engineering, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Sept. 23-25, 2009.
12. “An Estimation Method of a Constitutive-Law for the Rod Model of DNA using Discrete Structure Simulations,” (with Hinkle, A. R. and Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J.) Proceedings of ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences: 7th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, San Diego, CA, 2009.
13. “Estimation of Nonlinear Sequence-dependent Constitutive Law for DNA Molecules,” (with Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J.) Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December, pp. 2674-2679, 2008.
14. “Understanding the Role of Thermal Fluctuations in DNA Looping,” (with Wilson, D., T. Lillian, A. Tkachenko, N. C. Perkins and J. C. Meiners) Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6602, 660208, Florence, Italy, 2007.
15. “Computational Elastic Rod Model Applied to DNA Looping,” (with Lillian, T. and N.C. Perkins) CD-ROM Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference: 6th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2007.
16. “A Hybrid Rod-Catenary Model to Simulate Nonlinear Dynamics of Cables with Low and High Tension Zones,” (with N.C. Perkins) Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference: 5th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, vol. 6 C, pp. 1691-1698, 2005.
17. “Cable dynamics applied to long-length scale mechanics of DNA,” (with T. Lillian, N.C. Perkins and E. Meyhöfer) CD-ROM Proceedings of Sixth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Charleston, SC. (Keynote Speech), 2005.
18. “Modeling of Cables with High and Low Tension Zones using a Hybrid Rod-Catenary Formulation,” (with N.C. Perkins) CD-ROM Proceedings of Sixth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Charleston, SC, 2005.
19. “Torsional buckling and writhing dynamics of elastic cables and DNA,” (with N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee) Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference: 19th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, vol. 5, pp. 183-191, 2003.
20. “Writhing Dynamics of Cables with Self-contact,” (with N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee) Proceedings of Fifth International Symposium on Cable Dynamics, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, pp. 27-36, 2003.