Hi guys so I recently just doubled my computer engineering degree with biophysics and I’m wondering what fields I could get into. Originally I was deciding between biochem and biophysics because I’m pretty sure biochem is easier to get into if you don’t have graduate education. But, I chose biophysics because I really want to leverage my comp eng degree in the future. Within computer engineering I wanted to specialize in machine learning and networks, but within biophysics I have no idea. I know I’m only a first year and I have a lot of time to decide, but I just want to figure out what fields I might be interested in the most and if there are some fields that don’t specifically require PhDs (I’m iffy on whether I should seek a PhD). I was thinking of getting into computational biophysics though but I chose a very niche degree combination so I wanted a lot of advice!!
There's a small but growing set of work that approaches aging not descriptively but through physics — non-equilibrium thermodynamics, entropy production, dynamical-systems stability, mortality scaling. The first Global Conference on Gerophysics happened in 2025, so the label is starting to stick.
I've been working in this space myself (aging as the decline of a dissipative structure) and I'm building Gerophysics — a diamond open-access journal and a small ecosystem around exactly this intersection of physics and the biology of aging.
I'd love to connect with people who think this way — whether you work on quantitative/theoretical aging, statistical physics of living systems, or just find the framing compelling. Happy to talk science, and if you have relevant work (or want to get involved as it grows), even better.
What's the most convincing physical/quantitative account of aging you've come across?
What could be a good alternative to molecular dynamics except monte carlo simulation?
