Marta Dark McNeese, Ph.D.
CONTACT INFORMATION
350 Spelman Lane SW
Campus Box 276
Atlanta, GA 30314
Office Phone: (404) 270-5850
E-mail: mldark@spelman.edu
Research | Presentations
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999 |
Dissertation Title: The Physical Response of Soft Musculoskeletal Tissue to Short Pulsed Laser Irradiation
- B.S. in Physics, University of Virginia,1992
Distinguished Majors program, Astronomy minor
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Academic and Research Positions
2007 – present
Spelman College, associate professor, department of physics
2000 – 2007
Spelman College, assistant professor,
department of physics
1999 – 2000
Naval Research Laboratory, postdoctoral research associate, Center for Bio-Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE)
Internship Position
Summer 2001 The Boeing Company, Visiting Faculty,
Summer Mini-sabbatical
Research and Publications
My area of research interests includes laser interactions with biological tissues and electro-optical effects in biomolecules.
Selected Publications
Dark, M.L. , Moore, M.H., Shenoy, D.K. and Shashidhar, R. (2006) Rotational Viscosity and Molecular Structure of Nematic Liquid Crystals. Liquid Crystals. 33: 67-73.
Dark, M.L . (2005) Using Science Fiction Movies in Introductory Physics. The Physics Teacher. 43: 463-465.
Dark, M.L. , Perelman, L.T., Itzkan, I., Schaffer, J.L., and Feld, M.S. (2000). Physical Properties of Hydrated Tissue Determined by Surface Interferometry of Laser-Induced Thermoelastic Deformation. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 45: 529-539.
Schaffer, J.L., Dark, M., Itzkan, I., Albagli, D., Perelman, L.T., von Rosenberg, C., and Feld, M.S. (1995). Mechanisms of Meniscal Tissue Ablation by Short Pulse Laser Irradiation. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 310: 30-36.
Selected Presentations
“Involving Spelman Students in Undergraduate Physics Research,” American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Greensboro, NC, July 2007.
“Characterization of Laser-Induced Thermal Response of Soft Bovine Knee Tissue During Infrared Laser Welding,” Joint meeting of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists, Boston, MA, February 2007.
“Tweaking the General Physics Laboratory for the Pre-Med Student”, Poster presentation. American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Syracuse, NY, July 2006.
“ A Liquid Crystal Experiment in the Upper-level Undergraduate Laboratory,” Joint meeting of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists, San Jose, CA, February 2006.
“A Preliminary Study of Laser Welding of Soft Musculoskeletal Tissue,” Optics in the Southeast, Topical meeting of the Optical Society of America, November 2004.
“Electro-Optic Effects in Liquid Crystals in Advanced Lab,” Physics in the Science Curriculum: From Inquiry to Integration seminar, Faculty Resource Network Summer, New York University, June 2003.
