Nancy Forde

Nancy Forde is a Professor of Physics at Simon Fraser University since August 2004, where Forde serves as an Associate member of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Chemistry, and has interests in biophysics focusing on the mechanical properties of biomolecules, novel molecular motors, optical trapping strategies for biomaterials, and the structure-sequence-mechanical function relationships in collagen. Prior experience includes positions as an Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley from 1999 to 2004, where Forde conducted single-molecule studies and developed optical tweezers instruments, as well as a postdoctoral researcher and visiting researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. Education includes a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and a B.Sc. in Chemical Physics from the University of Toronto - Victoria University.