Watt W. Webb
Watt Wetham Webb ( born August 27, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American biophysicist.
Life
Webb acquired in 1955 by John Torrey Norton and Ernest Carl Wagner with the work oxidation studies in metal- carbon systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT), a Ph.D. in physics. He then worked at Union Carbide, first as a Research Associate, then (1959-1960) as the coordinator of basic research and finally (1960-1961) as Deputy Director of Research. In 1961 Webb professor ( assistant professor ) at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. In 1965 he received a full professorship for Applied Physics. Since 1998 he has S. B. Eckert Professor of Engineering at Cornell University.
Webb was married since 1950 with Page Chapman Webb ( 1928-2010 ). The couple had three sons.
Work
In the early 1970s Webb was involved in the development of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Webb made fundamental contributions to the biophysics of cellular membranes and cell migration. Together with Winfried Denk Webb developed in the early 1990s the basics of two-photon fluorescence microscopy, with which three-dimensional cell structures were also present in deep tissues. Webb's strict application of physical principles in the development of optical devices thus had a significant impact on the observability of biological systems.
Webb supervised more than 75 doctoral students at Cornell University.
Awards (selection)
Publications (selection)
- Pavlova, I., KR Hume, SA Yazinski, J. Flanders, TL Southard, RS White, Watt Wetmore Webb: multiphoton microscopy and Microspectroscopy for diagnostics of inflammatory and neoplastic treatment. In: Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2012
- Rivera, DR, CM Brown, DG Ouzounov, I. Pavlova, D. Kobat, Watt Wetmore Webb, C. Xu: Compact and flexible raster scanning multiphoton endoscope Capable of imaging unstained tissue. In: PNAS 2011 108 (43 ): 17598-17603.
- Baumgart, T., ST Hess, Watt Wetmore Webb: Imaging coexisting fluid domains in biomembrane models coupling curvature and line tension. In: Nature 2003, 425: 821-824.
- Denk, W., JH Strickler, Watt Wetmore Webb: Two- Photon Laser Scanning Fluorescence Microscopy. Science, 1990, 248: 73-76.
- Magde, D., Elson E., Webb Watt Wetmore: Thermodynamic Fluctuations in a Reacting System - Measurement by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. Physical Review Letters 1972, 29 (11): 705-708.