Fritz W. Kleinhans, Ph.D.

Biophysicist

Fritz W. Kleinhans, Ph. D. has taught the fundamentals of physics and astronomy to graduate students, undergraduates and lay audiences at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis for the past thirty-five years. Dr. Kleinhans refers to himself as an “itinerant biophysicist,” as he travels and collaborates with colleagues all over the world. His projects have involved human, fish, bull, boar, rabbit and mouse sperm; fish, mosquito and coral embryos; frog, mouse and sea urchin eggs; red and white blood cells; and yeast. His research centers on the application of biophysics in understanding how cells withstand cold temperatures—he and Dr. Hagedorn have collaborated together for over fourteen years.