Remote control of voltage-sensing biological macromolecules using multiferroic nanoparticles - with L. Malkinski and G. Caruntu (University of New Orleans) Experimental detection of nonequilibrium kinetic focusing in voltage-gated ion channels Nonequilibrium kinetic focusing and stochastic resonances in Markov models of voltage-gated ion channels - with L. Celardo (University of Brescia, Italy) and L. Kaplan (Tulane University) Optimization of wavelet-based voltage protocols for ion channel electrophysiology Thermally and microwave induced growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in aqueous media - with K. Kabza (Southeastern Louisiana University)