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Jason Sidabras, PhD

Jason W. Sidabras, PhD

Assistant Professor

Locations

  • Biophysics
  • MFRC 2058

Contact Information

General Interests

Protein structure/function, technology development for magnetic resonance, MRI coil development; EPR instrumentation development

Education

PhD (Doctor rerum naturalium), Physics, Technical University Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, 2020
MS, Electrical Engineering, Marquette University, 2010
BS, Electrical Engineering Technology, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, 2003

Biography

I earned a BS in electrical engineering technology from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and an MS in electrical engineering from Marquette University. While pursuing these degrees, I worked as a research engineer in the Ϲ Department of Biophysics. I then relocated to Germany, where I conducted my doctoral dissertation research at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion and defended my dissertation at the Technical University of Dortmund. I received a Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent) in physics in January 2020. In late 2020, I returned to the Ϲ Department of Biophysics as an assistant professor.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Equipment Design
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Microwaves
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted

Research Experience

  • Biophysics
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Phenomena
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Microwaves
  • Physics

Methodologies and Techniques

  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Research Interests

My research interests currently focus on technology development to improve magnetic resonance experiments. Applications of the technology range from instrumentation development for electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) for studying protein structure, function, and dynamics to coil development for human and small mammal functional MRI.

Lab Members
Anand Anilkumar, Graduate Student
Kyle Johnson, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher
Richard Scherr, Engineering Technician III

Publications

  • (Carpenter TS, Aydin F, Neale C, Van QN, Zhang X, Bhatia H, Sidabras JW, Frank PH, Georgouli K, Tempkin JOB, Casamayor VB, Gulten G, Shrestha R, Goswami D, Di Natale F, Chavez JR, Moody A, Moon JY, Oppelstrup T, Glosli JN, Dharuman G, Wong S, Liu S, Hengartner NW, López CA, Nguyen K, Stanley CB, Stanton LG, Patel L, Reddy T, Turbyville TJ, Van Essen B, Bremer PT, Lightstone FC, Stephen AG, Gnanakaran S, McCormick F, Nissley DV, Streitz FH, Ingólfsson HI.) Biophys J. 2026 Jan 20;125(2):485-501 PMID: 40849684 PMCID: PMC12680136 08/24/2025

  • (Garces AM, Mett RR, Klug CS, Sidabras JW, Lerch MT.) Protein Sci. 2025 Aug;34(8):e70214 PMID: 40671309 PMCID: PMC12267652 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011365823 07/17/2025

  • (Nissen A, Audi SH, Clough AV, Fish B, Joshi A, Medhora M, Sidabras JW, Himburg HA.) Int J Radiat Biol. 2025 Jul 15:1-13 PMID: 40663440 PMCID: PMC12344586 07/15/2025

  • (Mett RR, Garces AM, Anilkumar A, Wehrley JT, Lerch MT, Klug CS, Sidabras JW.) bioRxiv. 2025 Jun 07 PMID: 40501798 PMCID: PMC12157622 06/12/2025

  • (Garces AM, Mett RR, Klug CS, Sidabras JW, Lerch MT.) bioRxiv. 2025 Mar 31 PMID: 40236088 PMCID: PMC11996360 04/16/2025

  • (Grosskopf JD, Sidabras JW, Altenbach C, Anderson JR, Mett RR, Strangeway RA, Hyde JS, Hubbell WL, Lerch MT.) Protein Sci. 2024 Dec;33(12):e5220 PMID: 39565088 PMCID: PMC11577460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85210009782 11/20/2024

  • (Johnson KA, Pawela CP, Nencka AS, Sidabras JW.) bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 13 PMID: 39416106 PMCID: PMC11482890 10/17/2024

  • (Flood AB, Sidabras JW, Swarts SG, Buehler PW, Schreiber W, Grinberg O, Swartz HM.) Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2023 Sep 18;199(14):1539-1550 PMID: 37721065 PMCID: PMC10505939 09/18/2023

  • (Sidabras JW, Stripp ST.) J Biol Inorg Chem. 2023 Jun;28(4):355-378 PMID: 36856864 03/02/2023

  • (Teucher M, Sidabras JW, Schnegg A.) Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 May 25;24(20):12528-12540 PMID: 35579184 05/18/2022

  • (Hyde JS, Strangeway RA, Sidabras JW.) Appl Magn Reson. 2022 Jan;53(1):193-206 PMID: 35464635 PMCID: PMC9030583 04/26/2022