Jacob Israelachvili FRS, FAA, NAE, NAS |
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Department of Chemical Engineering University of California (M/C 5080) Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080 USA |
Telephone: (805) 893-8407 Facsimile: (805) 893-7870 Email: jacob@engineering.ucsb.edu |
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Academic Record |
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BA degree |
University of Cambridge (England, UK), Christ's College |
1965-1971 |
PhD degree |
Under Prof. David Tabor at the Surface Physics Department, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Thesis title: "Surface Forces" | |
Research Experience and Positions Held |
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Univ. of California, Santa Barbara | Professor – joint appointments in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials Dept, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), and the Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BMSE) Program. University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) | 1986-present |
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara |
Associate Director – Materials Research Laboratory |
1993-2003 |
Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia |
Research Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow, Professorial Fellow – jointly in the Department of Applied Mathematics (Head of Department: 1984-1985) and the Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Advanced Studies | 1974-1986 |
University of Stockholm, and the Karolinska Institute | Research Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) at the Biophysics Institute | 1972-1974 |
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K. |
Post doctoral research, Dept. of Surface Physics, Cavendish Laboratory | 1971-1972 |
Selected Awards and Miscellaneous Career Highlights |
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ACS National Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | 2009 |
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Named by the AICHE as one of the "One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" |
2008 |
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Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering – University of South Florida |
2007 |
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Honorary Degree of Doctor sc. h.c. - ETH Zurich |
2006 |
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Schlumberger Visiting Professor – University of Oxford, UK |
2005 |
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MRS Medal, awarded for recent work on adhesion and friction. |
2004 |
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NAS (Elected to the US National Academy of Science in the area of Engineering Science) |
2004 |
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APS Fellow (Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in the area of Biological Physics) |
2004 |
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Probstein Lecturer in Fluid Dynamics and Microfluidics, MIT |
2004 |
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Adhesion Society Award for “excellence in adhesion science” |
2003 |
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Haim Weizmann Memorial Lecturer, Weizmann Institute, Israel |
1999 |
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Faculty Research Lecturer: UCSB |
1997 |
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NAE (Elected Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering) |
1996 |
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Arne Brändström Lecture in Biophysical Chemistry: Chalmers U., Göteborg, Sweden |
1995 |
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Langmuir Lecturer: American Chemical Society, Chicago |
1993 |
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Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research: AICHE |
1991 |
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FRS (Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London) |
1988 |
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Debye Lecturer (American Chemical Society): Cornell University |
1987 |
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Citation analysis of most-cited articles in core journals in Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics shows that paper No. 23 in publication list (on self-assembly of amphiphiles) was the most cited article in the Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Trans. I, for the period 1955-1983 (source: Current Contents, Jan 13, 1986) |
1986 |
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Matthew Flinders Lecturer medallist (Australian Academy of Sciences) |
1986 |
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Publication of 1st edition of "Intermolecular and Surface Forces", Academic Press |
1985 |
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David Syme Prize (shared) awarded for the best original research in biology, physics, chemistry or geology produced in Australia in the previous two years |
1984 |
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FAA (Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science) |
1982 |
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Research Interests |
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Israelachvili’s research interests are in the general area of intermolecular and intersurface forces in biological, complex fluid and materials systems. He uses the Surface Forces Apparatus for directly measuring the forces between surfaces in liquids and vapors, and for studying other interfacial phenomena at the molecular level. Many other techniques are also used. Not only static (i.e., equilibrium) but also dynamic forces are being looked at, such as the ‘micro’ and ‘nano’ viscosities of ultra-thin liquid films, molecular relaxation processes at surfaces, adhesion and friction, lubrication and wear. In particular, Professor Israelachvili is currently studying the very short-range forces between surfaces in liquids and the relation between adhesion, friction, and the conformations of molecules trapped between surfaces. Another area of activity is the development of new experimental techniques, especially for studying dynamic and time-dependent interactions. New techniques are also being developed for studying different materials and surfaces such as polymers, gels, silica, metals, metal oxides, ceramics, biological macromolecules (lipids, proteins, biopolymers, ligands and their receptors) and the interactions (adhesion, fusion and biolubrication) of model and real biomembranes and biosurfaces. The aim of these studies is to gain insight into the fundamental interactions in complex colloidal and biological systems that also have technological applications, for example, for creating biocompatible surfaces, developing new types of structured materials and soft biomaterials, and for medical diagnoses or treatments. As of October 2004 has published (authored or co-authored) 287 papers, and is the author of a text-book entitled “Intermolecular and Surface Forces”. |
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