David Andelman
David Andelman
Born (1955-10-17) 17 October 1955
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materMIT
AwardsHumboldt Prize
Bourke Award
Scientific career
FieldsSoft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
InstitutionsTel Aviv University
ThesisMulti-critical phenomena in systems with quenched and annealed impurities (1983)
Doctoral advisorNihat Berker
Websitewww.tau.ac.il/~andelman

David Andelman, (Hebrew: דוד אנדלמן; born 17 October 1955) is an Israeli theoretical physicist best known for his contributions to soft matter and biophysics.

Academic background

Andelman is the Moyses Nussenzveig Professor[1] of Statistical Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University. He received his PhD in 1984 in physics from MIT, and then spent one year (1984–85) as a Joliot Curie Fellow at Collège de France in Paris under the direction of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and two years (1985–87) as a post-doctoral fellow at Exxon Research Corporate Laboratories (now CSR, ExxonMobil) in Clinton, New Jersey. In 1987 he joined the faculty of Tel Aviv University and between 2011 and 2015 he served as the chairman[2] of its School of Physics and Astronomy.

Research

Andelman uses theories and models from physics to study soft condensed matter and biological physics systems at the molecular scale. In recent years, his interests are devoted to the understanding of electrostatic effects in soft and bio matter: ionic solutions (electrolytes), charge polymers (polyelectrolytes) and charged biomembranes. Another venue of research is dedicated to directed self-assembly of block copolymers, their patterns and applications in nanolithography.

Andelman served on the editorial boards of several journals including: European Physical Journal E, Soft Matter, Soft Materials (Taylor & Francis), European Biophysical Journal. He is the co-editor of several book series on Soft and Biological Matter.[3][4][5]

Awards

Andelman is a fellow[6] of the American Physical Society, recipient of the Bourke Award[7] (2003, Royal Society of Chemistry), Paris-Sciences Chair (2005, ESPCI ParisTech) and the Humboldt Prize[8] (2002, Germany). He was A "Henri de Rothschild fellow" (1993, Curie Institute, Paris), Yamada fellow (1991, Japan) and JSPS fellow (1997, 2002, Japan).

References

  1. ↑ "Endowed Chairs, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University".
  2. ↑ "Heads of School, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University".
  3. ↑ D. Andelman and G. Reiter (ed.). "Book series on Soft Condensed Matter". World Scientific.
  4. ↑ "D. Andelman, co-editor, Book series on Soft and Biological Matter Series". Springer Publishing.
  5. ↑ W.C.K. Poon and D. Andelman, ed. (2006). "Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology". CRC Press.
  6. ↑ "Fellows of the American Physical Society".
  7. ↑ "Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry".
  8. ↑ "Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation".
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