Prof. Padmini Rangamani — Research Profile
University of California, San Diego · Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Graduate application deadlines
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Fall 2027Application deadline
Dec 2, 2026
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Fall 2027Application deadline
Jan 13, 2027
Source: mae.ucsd.eduChecked Nov 2, 2026
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Prof. Padmini Rangamani at University of California, San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering lists Biological systems design, transport phenomena in biological membranes, influence of cell shape on biological activation of signaling networks, morphological and topological changes to lipid membranes mediated by proteins and cytoskeletal forces, computational biology and biophysics as their registered research area.
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Recent papers
- Curvature sensing and generation by diverse membrane-tethered polymers can be explained by a unifying physical modelPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Oct 2
- Interplay between store‐operated calcium entry and mitochondrial phosphate handling modulates force and fatigue during exerciseThe Journal of Physiology · Oct 1
- Synapsin-1 and actin form ordered nanoscale assembliesPreprintbioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Sep 29
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