Dr. Sachin Goyal

Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

University of California, USA

Email: sgoyal@umich.edu

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing

1997 B.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Mechanical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Goyal, S., C. Fountain, D. Dunlap, F. Family and L. Finzi, 2012, “Stretching DNA to quantify non-specific protein binding”, Physical Review E, in press.
2. Haeusler, A., K. Goodson, T. Lillian, S. Goyal, N. C. Perkins and J. D. Kahn, 2012, “FRET Studies of a Landscape of Lac Repressor Mediated DNA Loops”, Nucleic Acids Research, in press.
3. Hinkle, A. R., S. Goyal and H. J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi, 2012, “Constitutive-law Modeling of Microfilaments from their Discrete-Structure Simulations - A Method based on an Inverse Approach Applied to a Static Rod Model”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, in press.
4. Shao, Q., S. Goyal, D. Dunlap and L. Finzi, 2012, “Physiological Levels of Salt and Polyamines Favor Writhe and Limit Twist in DNA”, Macromolecules, vol. 45 (7), pp 3188–3196.
5. Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J. and S. Goyal, 2011, “Is Parkinsonian Tremor a Limit Cycle?”, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 11 (5), pp. 1017–1023.
6. Palanthandalam-Madapusi, H. J. and S. Goyal, 2011, “Robust estimation of nonlinear constitutive law from static equilibrium data for modeling the mechanics of DNA”, Automatica, vol. 47 (6), pp. 1175-1182.
7. Naderman, N., A. Kumar, S. Goyal and C. Hui, 2010, “Buckling of sheared rods and friction of microfibril arrays”, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 7 (52), pp. 1581-1589.
8. Liebesny, P., S. Goyal, D. Dunlap, F. Family and L. Finzi, 2010, “Determination of the number of proteins bound nonspecifically to DNA”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Special Issue: From DNA inspired physics to physics inspired biology, vol. 22(41), 414104.
9. Lillian, T., S. Goyal, J. D. Kahn, E. Meyhöfer and N. C. Perkins, 2008, “Computational Looping Analysis of a Large Family of Highly Bent DNA by LacI”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 95, pp. 5832-5842.
10. Goyal, S., and N.C. Perkins, 2008, “Looping mechanics of rods and DNA with non-homogeneous and discontinuous stiffness”, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol. 43(10), pp. 1121-1129.
11. Goyal, S., N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee, 2008, “Non-linear dynamic intertwining of rods with self-contact”, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, vol. 43(1), pp. 65-73. [Over 15 citations in google scholar].
12. Goyal, S., N.C. Perkins and J.C. Meiners, 2008, “Resolving the Sequence-Dependent Stiffness of DNA using Cyclization Experiments and a Computational Rod Model”, ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 3(1), 01103.
13. Goyal, S., T. Lillian, S. Blumberg, J. C. Meiners, E. Meyhöfer and N. C. Perkins, 2007,“Intrinsic Curvature of DNA Influences Lac-R Mediated Looping”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 93, pp. 4342-4359. [Over 20 citations in google scholar].
14. Goyal, S., N.C. Perkins and C.L. Lee, 2005, “Nonlinear Dynamics and Loop Formation in Kirchhoff Rods with Implications to the Mechanics of DNA and Cables”, Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 209, pp. 371-389. [Over 60 citations in google scholar].