Bio

Professor Riehn received his PhD from Cambridge University in 2003, was a research associate at Princeton University from 2003 to 2006, and joined the NC State Department of Physics as assistant professor in 2006.

Posts

NC State Alumna Takes Her Teaching Skills to the Global Level

To the Universe and Beyond

Frohlich Co-organizes Fulbright-Cottrell Workshop in Germany

Rebecca Savage and Her Legacy at NC State

Live from the space station

Area(s) of Expertise

His research is in biophysics and soft-condensed matter, and deals with the physics of biological molecules in nano-scale environments.

Publications

• Plasmonic interferometry for nanoscale refractometry enabled by quarter bull’s-eye gratings , APL Engineering Physics (2026)
• Plasmonic Double-Hole Bull’s Eye Nanoantenna for Far-Field Polarization Control , ACS Nanoscience Au (2025)
• Plasmonic interferometer for nanoscale refractometry , arXiv (Cornell University) (2024)
• Probing protein–DNA interactions and compaction in nanochannels , Current Opinion in Structural Biology (2024)
• A nanophotonic interferometer , Nanotechnology (2023)
• Assembly path dependence of telomeric DNA compaction by TRF1, TIN2, and SA1 , Biophysical Journal (2023)
• A nanophotonic interferometer for small particle detection , INTERFEROMETRY XXI (2022)
• Densely methylated DNA traps Methyl-CpG–binding domain protein 2 but permits free diffusion by Methyl-CpG–binding domain protein 3 , Journal of Biological Chemistry (2022)
• Nanofluidic Device for Manipulation and Modification of DNA by Proteins , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2022)
• Structure, dynamics, and regulation of TRF1-TIN2-mediated trans- and cis-interactions on telomeric DNA , Journal of Biological Chemistry (2021)

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