Prof. Stamm earned his Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Minnesota, where he studied the structure and function of a key protein regulator of calcium transport in heart muscle called phospholamban. Primarily using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and computer simulation techniques, he was able to refine current models for the molecular structure of phospholamban. From there he went on to UCLA to work on problems in protein molecular structure and dynamics primarily focusing on the contractile protein actin and membrane protein system. Stamm's biophysics research currently focuses on understanding how the molecular structure of phospholamban influences its interactions with other proteins in the heart. Stamm is also collaborating with researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center on building instrumentation and modeling data to study plasma fluctuations in the Earth's magnetosphere using sounding rockets.