Education

2001-2005. Ph.D. in Chemistry (Physical) with Professor James K. Gimzewski. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry, USA. Thesis title: “Observation of Dynamic Nano- Mechanics and Architectonics in Single Cells, Social Swarms and Whole Organisms.”

1997-2001. Bachelor of Science with Honours (Specialist in Biological Chemistry) University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Canada.

Professional History

2008-present. Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Experimental Cell Mechanics

2008-present. Assistant Professor of Biological Physics, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa.

2007-2008. Senior Research Fellow at the London Centre for Nanotechnology & Centre for Nanomedicine, University College London. Advisor: Prof. M.A. Horton.

2006-2008. Lecturer, MSc in Nanotechnology Program, UCL.

2005-2008. Lecturer, CoMPLEX MSc/PhD Program, UCL.

2005-2006. Research Fellow at the London Centre for Nanotechnology & Department of Medicine, University College London. Advisor: Prof. M.A. Horton.

2001-2005. Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Advisor: Prof. J.K. Gimzewski.

2000-2001. Undergraduate Student Researcher, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Advisor: Prof. M.C. Goh.

1998-1999. Undergraduate Student Researcher, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Advisors: Profs. R.J.D. Miller and R.H. Kluger.

Other Appointments and Affiliations

Journal Reviewer for American Journal of Physiology – Cell Physiology, Langmuir (ACS), Biochemistry (ACS), Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), Journal of Microscopy, European Journal of Physiology, Journal of Molecular Recognition, International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Cambridge University Press.

2008-present. Member, Biophysical Society.
2004-present. Member, American Physical Society.

Prizes, Awards and Other Honours

2009. NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (Deferred one year, 2010-2013).

2008. Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Experimental Cell Mechanics

2005. \\international\media\art\award Top 50 Prize. “Dark side of the cell” art-science installation by Anne Niemetz and Andrew Pelling is selected as one of the Top 50 international media art pieces in 2005 by the SWR/ZKM (Germany).

2003. American Vacuum Society (Southern California Chapter) graduate student presentation award at the 2003 SCCAVS symposium.

2001-2005. University Graduate Fellowship, UCLA. Full financial support for graduate studies during the academic year (International Student Tuition, Travel Scholarship).

2001. Merck Frosst Canada & Co. / SOUSCC Research Presentation Award Biological Chemistry Section Award at the 29th Southwestern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference.

2000. Canadian Institute For Chemistry/Canadian Society For Chemistry Book Award.

1999. AstraZenneca/University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Award.

1999. Canadian National Xerox Undergraduate Research Scholarship.

Invited Talks

05/2010.  Pelling, A.E. “SPM in Cell Biology." Workshop on Biological SPM, Oak ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, Spring 2010.

11/2009.  Pelling, A.E. “Cellular Generation, Transmission and Conversion of Mechanical Force.” University of Ottawa, Department of Biology Seminar Series, November 9.

10/2009.  Pelling, A.E. “Cellular Generation, Transmission and Conversion of Mechanical Force.” University of Ottawa, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Seminar Series, October 27.

10/2009.  Pelling, A.E. “Cells Under the Tip.” Department of Physics Seminar, University of Cambridge, UK, October 23.

04/2009.  Pelling, A.E. “Mechanical Insights into Cell Biology.” Department of Physics Colloquia, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, April 9.

12/2008.  Pelling, A.E. “Having Your Way With Living Cells.” Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Physics Christmas Symposium, Carleton University, Ontario, Canada, December 4.

12/2008.  Pelling, A.E. “Mitosis to Metamorphosis What We Can Learn From Feeling Things.” New Professors Conference, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 4.

11/2008.  Niemetz, A. and Pelling, A.E. “Art, Science: The Aesthetics of Cellular Sound + The Cellular Concert.” Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2008, Hong Kong City Hall, China, November 7-23.

10/2008.  Pelling, A.E.  “Touching, Feeling and Watching Cells in 3D.” uOttawa Day, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 17.

10/2008.  Pelling, A.E. “Soft Mechanical Programs in the World of Living Cells.” Scanning Probe Microscopy in the Life Sciences Symposium, Berlin, Germany, October 8-9.

08/2008.  Pelling, A.E. “Control and Transduction in the Soft World of Living Cells.” Department of Physics Colloquia, Clarkson University, Potsdam,  New York, USA, August 29.

06/2008.  Pelling, A.E. “Mechanics in the Moment.” Canadian Association of Physicists Annual Congress, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 8-11.

09/2007.  Pelling, A.E. & Horton, M.A. “Life and Death Cellular Nanomechanics.” JPK Workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy, Surrey University, United Kingdom, September 13.

07/2007. Pelling, A.E. “Mechanical Sensing and Actuation of Biological Pathways.” International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, July 1-6.

02/2007. Pelling, A.E. and Horton, M.A. “Life and Death Cellular Nanomechanics.” JPK Workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy, Oxford University, United Kingdom, February 8-9.

01/2007. Pelling, A.E. “Mechanobiology: Non-Imaging Applications of AFM.” Kanazawa Workshop in Atomic Force Microscopy, Kanazawa, Japan, January 16-18.

10/2006. Niemetz, A. and Pelling, A.E. “Cellular research, artistic implementation and the challenge of interdisciplinary collaboration.” TRANS: A Visual Culture Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 19-22.

08/2006. Pelling, A.E. “Tick, Tock, Knock, Knock: Nanobioscience.” Café Scientifique, Hosted by the British Council, Tallin, Estonia, August 23

04/2006. Pelling, A.E. “Fluorescence and Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Dynamic Cellular Mechanobiology.” Experimental Biology 2006, San Francisco, April 1-5.

03/2006. Pelling, A.E. “Dynamic Mechanobiology.” UCL Institute for Child Health, London, UK, March 13.

03/2005. Pelling, A.E. “Brownian Motion to Metamorphosis: Nanomechanics at Small Scales.” Invited Departmental Seminar (Physics). Bristol University, March 14.

03/2005. Pelling, A.E. “Brownian Motion to Metamorphosis: Nanomechanics at Small Scales.” Invited Departmental Seminar (Rayne Building). University College London, March 10.

10/2004. Niemetz, A., and Pelling A.E. “Singing cells, art, science and the noise in between.” unSICHTBARes. Kunst_Wissenschaft, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, October 30-31.

10/2004. Pelling, A.E. and Gimzewski, J.K. “Brownian Motion to Metamorphosis.” 1st Workshop on the Fusion of Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Technology. Kyoto, Japan, October 7-8.