Dr. Kner joined the University of Georgia in January 2009, coming from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). At UCSF, he built microscopy systems for studying cellular sub-structure, making use of a variety of new technologies to improve imaging at the nanoscale in biomedicine and engineering. He built the first structured illumination microscope (SIM) fast enough to image living cells, working with Mats Gustafsson, a leader in the field of high-resolution microscopy. Besides teaching and mentoring students at UGA, Peter is developing a new microscope that will use a variety of techniques to measure and correct optical aberrations for in vivofluorescence imaging. Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1998 M.S. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1995 B.S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991

Optics Biophotonics

T. Huelsnitz, and P. Kner, Interferometric imaging with three objectives, Journal of the Optical Society of America A 33(2), 179-191 (2016). [Link] K. F. Tehrani, J. Xu, Y. Zhang, P. Shen, and P. Kner, Adaptive optics stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (AO-STORM) using a genetic algorithm, Optics Express 23, 13677-13692 (2015). [Link] J. Xu, K. F. Tehrani, and P. Kner, Multicolor 3D Super-resolution Imaging by Quantum Dot Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy, ACS Nano 9, 2917-2925 (2015). [Link] B. Thomas, A. Wolstenholme, S. N. Chaudhari, E. T. Kipreos, and P. Kner, Enhanced resolution through thick tissue with structured illumination and adaptive optics, J. Biomed. Opt. 20, 026006 (2015) [Link] J. M. Craft, J. A. Harris, S. Hyman, P. Kner, and K. F. Lechtreck, Tubulin transport by IFT is upregulated during ciliary growth by a cilium-autonomous mechanism, The Journal of Cell Biology 208, 223-237 (2015). [Link] X. Zhang, and P. Kner, Binary wavefront optimization using a genetic algorithm, Journal of Optics 16(12), 125704 (2014). [Link] J. Xu, Q. Fan, K. D. Mahajan, G. Ruan, A. Herrington, K. F. Tehrani, P. Kner, and J. O. Winter, Micelle-templated composite quantum dots for super-resolution imaging, Nanotechnology 25, 195601 (2014). [Link] K. N. Wren, J. M. Craft, D. Tritschler, A. Schauer, D. K. Patel, E. F. Smith, M. E. Porter, P. Kner, and K. F. Lechtreck, A differential cargo-loading model of ciliary length regulation by IFT, Curr Biol 23, 2463-2471 (2013). [Link] P. Kner, Phase Diversity for Three-Dimensional Imaging, Journal of the Optical Society of America A 30(10), pp. 1980-1987 (2013) [Link] B. Thomas, M. Momany, and P. Kner, Optical sectioning structured illumination microscopy with enhanced sensitivity, Journal of Optics 15(9), 094004 (2013) [Link] P. Kner, Z. Kam, D. Agard, and J. Sedat, Adaptive Optics in Wide-Field Microscopy, Book Chapter to be published in Adaptive Optics for Biological Imaging (ed. J. A. Kubby), Taylor and Francis. L. Shao, P. Kner, E. H. Rego, and M. G. Gustafsson, Super-resolution 3D microscopy of live whole cells using structured illumination, Nature Methods 8, pp. 1044-1046 (2011). A. Matsuda, L. Shao, J. Boulanger, C. Kervrann, P. M. Carlton, P. Kner, D. Agard, and J. W. Sedat, Condensed mitotic chromosome structure at nanometer resolution using PALM and EGFP- histones, PLoS One 5, e12768 (2010). O. Azucena, J. Crest, J. Cao, W. Sullivan, P. Kner, D. Gavel, D. Dillon, S. Olivier, and J. Kubby, Wavefront aberration measurements and corrections through thick tissue using fluorescent microsphere reference beacons, Opt Express 18, 17521-17532 (2010). P. M. Carlton, J. Boulanger, C. Kervrann, J. B. Sibarita, J. Salamero, S. Gordon-Messer, D. Bressan, J. E. Haber, S. Haase, L. Shao, L. Winoto, A. Matsuda, P. Kner, S. Uzawa, M. Gustafsson, Z. Kam, D. A. Agard, and J. W. Sedat, Fast live simultaneous multiwavelength four-dimensional optical microscopy, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 16016-16022 (2010) P. Kner, J. W. Sedat, D. A. Agard, and Z. Kam, High-resolution wide-field microscopy with adaptive optics for spherical aberration correction and motionless focusing, Journal of Microscopy 237(2), pp. 136-147 (2010) P. Kner, B. B. Chhun, E. R. Griffis, L. Winoto, and M. G. L. Gustafsson, Super-Resolution Video Microscopy of Live Cells by Structured Illumination, Nature Methods 6, pp. 339-342 (2009) L. Schermelleh, P. M. Carlton, S. Haase, L. Shao, L. Winoto, P. Kner, B. Burke, M. C. Cardozo, D. A. Agard, M. G. Gustafsson, H. Leonhardt, and J. W. Sedat, Subdiffraction multicolor imaging of the nuclear periphery with 3D structured illumination microscopy, Science 320, pp. 1332-1336 (2008) Z. Kam, P. Kner, D. A. Agard, and J. W. Sedat, Modelling the application of Adaptive Optics to Live Imaging, J. Microscopy 226, pp. 33-42 (2007) D. Sun, W. Fan, P. Kner, J. Boucart, T. Kageyama, Z. Dongxu, R. Pathak, R. F. Nabiev, W. Yuen, Long wavelength tunable VCSELs with optimized MEMS bridge tuning structure, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, p. 714 (2004) J. Boucart, R. Pathak, D. Zhang, M. Beaudoin, P. Kner, D. Sun, R. Stone, R. Nabiev and W. Yuen, Long Wavelength MEMS Tunable VCSEL with InP-InAlGaAs Bottom DBR, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, p. 1186 (2003) P. Kner, T. Kageyama, J. Boucart, R. Stone, D. Sun, R. F. Nabiev, R. Pathak, and W. Yuen, A Long-wavelength MEMS Tunable VCSEL Incorporating a Tunnel Junction, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, p. 1183 (2003) D. Sun, W. Fan, P. Kner, J. Boucart, T. Kageyama, R. Pathak, D. Zhang, and W. Yuen, Sub-mA Threshold 1.5-µm VCSELs With Epitaxial and Dielectric DBR Mirror, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, p. 1677 (2003) W. Yuen, G. S. Li, R. F. Nabiev, J. Boucart, P. Kner, R. J. Stone, D. Zhang, M. Beaudoin, T. Zheng, C. He, K. Yu, M. Jansen, D. P. Worland, and C. J. Chang-Hasnain, High-Performance 1.6µm single epitaxy top-emitting VCSEL, Electron. Lett. 36, p. 1121 (2000)