• M.A., Ph.D. (2011) Physics, Princeton University
• B.S. (2004) Physics, University of Notre Dame

• Professional Training:
  • 2011- Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 2006-2011 Graduate Research Assistant, Princeton University
  • 2004-2008 DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow, Princeton University

Research Interests:

• Pattern formation in biology
• Biological imaging
• Statistical inference of regulatory interactions

Selected Recent Publications:

1. J.A. Drocco, E.F. Wieschaus, and D.W. Tank The synthesis-diffusion-degradation model explains Bicoid gradient formation in unfertilized eggs, Physical Biology, in press.
2. C. Reichhardt, J.A. Drocco, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, and A.R. Bishop The effect of pinning on vortex states with attractive and repulsive interactions, under review.
3. J.A. Drocco, O. Grimm, D.W. Tank, and E.F. Wieschaus Measurement and Perturbation of Morphogen Lifetime: Effects on Gradient Shape, Biophysical Journal 101, 1807-1815 (2011). PubMed
4. J.A. Drocco, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, and C. Reichhardt Bidirectional Sorting of Flocking Particles in the Presence of Asymmetric Barriers, under review. arXiv:1111.0673v1
5. J.A. Drocco, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, and C. Reichhardt Characterizing plastic depinning dynamics with the fluctuation theorem, European Physical Journal E 34, 117 (2011).
6. C.J. Olson Reichhardt, J.A. Drocco, T. Mai, M.B. Wan, and C. Reichhardt Active matter on asymmetric substrates, Proceedings of the SPIE 8097, 80970A (2011).
7. X. Lu, J.A. Drocco, and E.F. Wieschaus Cell cycle regulation via inter-nuclear communication during the early embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster, Cell Cycle 9, 2908-2910 (2010). PubMed
8. J.A. Drocco, M.B. Hastings, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, and C. Reichhardt Multiscaling at the jamming transition, Physical Review Letters 95, 088001 (2005).
9. J.A. Drocco, C.J. Olson Reichhardt, C. Reichhardt, and B. Janko Structure and melting of two-species charged clusters in a parabolic trap, Physical Review E 68, 060401 (2003).
10. A. Ricca and J.A. Drocco Interaction of O2 with a (9,0) carbon nanotube, Chemical Physics Letters 362, 217-223 (2002).