Professor
Condensed Matter
Office: Knudsen 3-112
Phone: 310-825-8539
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Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, B.S. in Physics.(1974)
Rijks-Universiteit Utrecht, M.S. in Physics (1976)
University of Southern California., Ph.D. in Physics (1976)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University 1979-1980
Research Associate, Brookhaven National Lab.1980-1982
Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Center, Yorktown, 1982-1984
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, 1984-1988
Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, 1988-1990
Full Professor of Physics, University of California, 1990-present
Chair, Theoretical Physics for the Life Sciences, Leiden University, 2001-present
Pierre et Marie Curie Visiting Professorship (E.S.P.C.I.).(1994)
Rothschild Foundation Fellowship (1996)
Fellow American Physical Society
Distinguished Lecturer, College de France (1999)
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My current work concerns the application of theoretical physics and numerical modeling to molecular biology. Emphasis is on the following areas: