Randall Kamien
Randall David Kamien | |
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David R. Nelson |
Randall David Kamien (born February 25, 1966)[liquid crystals and is the Vicki and William Abrams Professor in the Natural Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.[1]
Biography
Randall Kamien was born to economist
David R. Nelson.[3] Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Pennsylvania. Kamien was appointed assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997 and promoted to full professor in 2003.[4] Kamien is a fellow of the American Physics Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4] Kamien is the editor of Reviews of Modern Physics.[5]
Research
Randall Kamien studies soft condensed matter – and in particular liquid crystalline phases of matter – through the lens of geometry and topology.[6] In particular, Kamien has contributed to understanding Twist Grain Boundaries,[7] Focal Conic Domains,[8] and defect topology in smectic liquid crystals.[9] He is also known for his idiosyncratic naming conventions, such as “Shnerk’s Surface” [10] and “Shmessel Functions.”
Publications
- Senyuk, B.; Liu, Q.; He, S.; Kamien, R. D.; Kusner, R. B.; Lubensky, T. C.; Smalyukh, I. I. (2013), "Topological colloids", S2CID 4343186.
- Honglawan, A.; Beller, D. A.; Cavallaro, M.; Kamien, R. D.; Stebe, K. J.; Yang, S. (2013), "Topographically induced hierarchical assembly and geometrical transformation of focal conic domain arrays in smectic liquid crystals", PMID 23213240.
- Snir, Y.; Kamien, R. D. (2005), "Entropically driven helix formation", S2CID 14611285.
- Ziherl, P.; Kamien, R. D. (2001), "Maximizing entropy by minimizing area: Towards a new principle of self-organization", S2CID 119467204.
- Kamien, R. D.; Selinger, J. V. (2001), "Order and frustration in chiral liquid crystals", S2CID 93442372.
- Kamien, R. D.; Lubensky, T. C. (1999), "Minimal surfaces, screw dislocations, and twist grain boundaries", S2CID 15354995.
References
- ^ "Randall Kamien". www.physics.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Morton I. Kamien, 1938-2011, retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-2000, retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ APS Editorial Office: Reviews of Modern Physics, retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ Kamien Group, retrieved 2022-05-05.
- S2CID 15354995.
- S2CID 8291259.
- S2CID 52435763.
- S2CID 119371099.
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