Taylor Colburn graduated from ASU with a Biophysics undergraduate degree in 2018, joining the physics PhD program in the fall of 2021. He has a particular interest in applying non-equilibrium statistical physics to complex biological systems. He started in science as a volunteer researcher with the Translational Neurotrauma Research Program, a joint venture through Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Department of Child Health at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine – Phoenix, and Phoenix Veterans Administration Healthcare System. There, he worked with a microelectrode electrochemistry model to gain insight into glutamate kinetics in the brains of anesthetized rodents. He went on to join the Beckstein Lab at ASU in the fall of 2015, using an enhanced sampling methodology to explore the ensemble of transitions between conformations of the membrane transporter MHP1. Taylor's current work in the Matyushov lab involves fundamentals of transport coefficients and nonequilibrium fluctuations in biomolocules. In addition to having a fondness for condensed matter and biophysics, Taylor enjoys reading fiction, playing music, and bouldering.