Marilyn F Bishop

Associate Professor
Theoretical condensed matter, Theoretical biophysics
701 W. Grace St., 2210
bishop@vcu.edu
804.828.1819
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Physics, 1978
M.A., University of California, Irvine, Physics, 1973
B.A., University of California, Irvine, Mathematics, 1972
B.A., University of California, Irvine, Physics, 1971
A.A., El Camino College, Torrrance, California, Mathematics, 1969
RESEARCH AREAS
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Theoretical Biophysics
POSITIONS HELD
June 1986 - Present Associate Professor of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sept. 2002 - Present Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, VCU
Sept. 1969 - June 1986 Assistant Professor of Physics, Drexel University
Dec. 1979 - Sept. 1981 Consultant, Department of Physics, Purdue University
June 1980 - Aug. 1980 Visiting Physicist, Technische Universität München
Aug. 1976 - Sept. 1979 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, Purdue University
June 1972 - July 1976 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Michael A. Reshchikov, Anita J. Olsen, Marilyn F. Bishop, and Tom McMullen, “Superlinear increase of photoluminescence with excitation intensity in Zn-doped GaN”, Phys. Rev. B 88, 075204 (2013).
Michael A. Reshchikov, Alexander A. Kvasov, Marilyn F. Bishop, Tom McMullen, Alexander Usikov, Vitali Soukhoveev, and Vladimir A. Dmitriev, “Tunable and abrupt thermal quenching of photoluminescence in high-resistivity Zn-doped GaN”, Phys. Rev. B 84, 075212 (2011).
Marilyn F. Bishop, "Sounds of Waveforms" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SoundsOfWaveforms/ (2009).
Marilyn F. Bishop and Tom McMullen, “Lattice-Gas Model of DNA Charge Inversion by a Positively-Charged Polyelectrolyte”, Physical Review E, 74, 021906, pp.1-8 (2006).
Marilyn F. Bishop, “Transparency of the cornea of the eye using photonic band structure methods”, In Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000) p.72.
Marilyn F. Bishop, Zane P. Gibbs, and T. McMullen, "Collective Mode Approximations in the Two-Dimensional Large-N t-J Model", Phys. Rev. B 59, 14969-14979 (1999).
Marilyn F. Bishop, Zane P. Gibbs, and T. McMullen, "Spectral Function of the Two-Dimensional Large-N t-J Model", Phys. Rev. B 59, 14937-14968 (1999).
David B. Ameen, Marilyn F. Bishop, and Tom McMullen, “A Lattice Model for Computing the Transmissivity of the Cornea and Sclera,” Biophys. J. 75, 2520-2531 (1998).
T. McMullen and Marilyn F. Bishop, “Diffraction pattern of a defect: Two-dimensional angular correlation of positron-annihilation radiation studies of defects in semiconductors”, Phys. Rev. B 55, 4046-4049 (1997).