Steven B. Smith is a world-renowned expert in single-molecule biophysics. Steven brings years of expertise from the laboratory of Professor Carlos Bustamante, where they pioneered the use and development of optical tweezers. As the main developer of the widely used ‘minitweezers’ instrument, which today is used by dozens of research groups, he has helped shape the field of single-molecule biophysics on a global scale.
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Steven Smith visits the Soft Matter Lab January 17, 2026
SmartTrap: Automated Precision Experiments with Optical Tweezers on ArXiv May 8, 2025