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Raghuveer Parthasarathy is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oregon's College of Arts and Sciences, affiliated with the Systems and Integrative Physiology (SAIL) initiative. His research focuses on biophysics, particularly the interplay between physical laws and biological systems. Key research areas include microbial community organization in vertebrate guts, bacterial motility, and advanced microscopy techniques. He joined the University of Oregon in 2006 after earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2002.
Parthasarathy's work integrates experimental and computational approaches, using light-sheet microscopy to study gut microbiome dynamics and bacterial-host interactions. His lab investigates how physical principles like adhesion forces, phase transitions, and fluid dynamics govern microbial spatial organization and functional outcomes. Notable contributions include exploring antibiotic-induced gelation effects and the role of bacterial motility in host colonization.
Teaching interests include general education courses for non-science majors, such as 'The Physics of Life' and 'The Physics of Energy and the Environment.' He maintains an active blog (eighteenthelephant.com) and authored the popular science book So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World.
Research tools developed in his lab include automated light-sheet imaging systems and machine learning approaches for 3D bacterial identification. His interdisciplinary work spans biophysics, microbiology, and computational biology, with applications to host-microbe symbiosis and disease mechanisms.
