Position Desired: Post-doctoral Associate Options

[Sean McKinney]

I am looking for a Post-doc position for the Fall of 2006. I am interested in developing new biophysical techniques to look at biological phenomena. I am only interested in positions in the rough vicinity of Washington D.C. (no more than 100-150 miles). I have vast experience in doing single molecule fluorescence, particularly using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (Advisor: Taekjip Ha).

Contact info:
Sean McKinney
1110 W Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
jou_yun@yahoo.com

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
S.A. McKinney, “The rugged energy landscape of Holliday junction branch migration and its impact on resolution”, 2004 Biophysical Society Meeting, Platform Seminar.
Rasnik, S.A. McKinney, and T. Ha, "Surfaces and orientations: much to FRET about?", Accounts of Chemical Research 38:7 542-548 (2005).
S.A. McKinney, A. Freeman, D.M.J. Lilley and T. Ha, "Observing spontaneous branch migration of Holliday junctions one step at a time", Proc.Nat.Acad.Sci. USA 102, 5715-5720 (2005).
J. Liu, A.C. Déclais, S.A. McKinney, T. Ha, D.G. Norman and D.M.J. Lilley, "Stereospecific effects determine the structure of a four-way DNA junction", Chemistry & Biology 12, 217-288 (2005)
C. Joo, S.A. McKinney, D.M.J. Lilley and T. Ha, "Exploring rare conformational species and ionic effects in DNA Holliday junction using single-molecule spectroscopy", J.Mol.Biol. 341, 739-751 (2004).
A. Yildiz, J. Forkey, S.A. McKinney, T. Ha, Y.E. Goldman and P.R. Selvin, "Myosin V walks hand-over-hand: Single fluorophore imaging with 1.5 nm localization", Science, 300, 2061 (2003).
S.A. McKinney, A.C. Declais, D.M.J. Lilley and T. Ha, "Structural dynamics of individual Holliday junctions", Nature Structural Biology, 10, 93 (2003).

EDUCATION
2001 - 2006 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL
PhD in Physics, expected graduation September 2006
Single molecule research with Professor Taekjip Ha, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Recipient, Molecular Biophysics Training Grant, NIH
Recipient, Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF

1997 - 2001 University of Missouri at Rolla Rolla, MO
B.S. in Physics
B.S. in Computer Science
Graduated summa cum laude GPA 3.95

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Research Experience for Undergraduates
Designed and wrote software algorithms for next generation CLEO particle collider
Supervisor: Professor David Kreinick
http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/public/reu/200...ckinney.pdf1999

University of Missouri at Rolla Rolla, MO
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience
Investigated laser wafer construction using Auger Electron Spectroscopy
Supervisor: Professor Dan Waddill