Scott Forth

Assistant Professor

Dr. Forth received his Ph.D. in physics from Cornell University in 2009, where his doctoral work in the HHMI lab of Dr. Michelle Wang involved designing next-generation optical trapping instruments and monitoring the torsional response of DNA to twisting and stretching. Dr. Forth then pursued post-doctoral research with Dr. Tarun Kapoor in the Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology at the Rockefeller University in New York City, where he focused on applying biophysical methods to the study of microtubule networks that essential for successful cell division. While at Rockefeller, Dr. Forth received the Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Dr. Forth joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an Assistant Professor in August of 2016. His lab has received the 2021 Early Career Faculty Research Award from the School of Science at RPI, the 2023 Biophysical Society Early Career Award for the Motility and Cytoskeleton Subgroup. He is the recipient of multiple active grants, including an NSF award and an R01 from the NIGMS.