Prof. David Andelman

Andelman’s group specializes in studying soft matter and biological systems in collaboration with several experimental teams worldwide. In particular, they explore the properties of self-assembling polymers, and the ways to manipulate them at patterned surfaces and in thin film geometries in relation with nano-lithography. In another line of research, they explore bio- and soft matter systems where charges play an important role. They investigate ionic liquids at charge interfaces and membranes, and the response of ionic solutions and charged macromolecules to an external electric field.

• B.Sc in Physics, Tel Aviv University, 1975

• B.Sc in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 1975

• M.Sc in Physics, Brandeis University, 1979

• Ph.D in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1984

• Juliot Curie Post-doctoral Fellow, Collège de France, Paris, 1984-1985

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Exxon Research and Engineering Co., New-Jersey, 1985-1987

• Senior Lecturer, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 1987-1989

• Associate Professor, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 1989-1995

• Full Professor, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 1995-present

• The Herch Moyses Nussenzveig Chair in Statistical Physics, Tel Aviv University, 2006-present

• Chairman, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 2011-2015

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 2013-present

Visiting & Short-Term Appointments:

• Visiting Scientist, Collège de France, Paris, 1988

• Visiting Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1989

• Yamada Fellow, Kyushu University, 1991

• Henri de Rothschild Fellow (Sabbatical leave), Curie Institute, Paris, 1994

• Visiting Professor (Sabbatical leave), ESPCI (Ecole de Physique et Chimie), Paris, 1995

• Visiting Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998

• Humboldt Research Award Fellow, Technical University, Munich , 2002

• Humboldt Research Award Fellow, Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich, 2003

• Visiting Scholar, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, 2003

• Visiting Member, The Newton Institute, University of Cambridge, UK, 2004       

• Visiting Scholar, ESPCI (Ecole de Physique et Chimie), Paris, 2005                           

• Visiting Scientist, CE-Saclay, France, 2006-present

• Weston Visiting Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2006

• Visiting Professor, Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Ben Gurion University, 2010

• The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC), Beijing, 2011, 2015

• Visiting Professor, Paris-Diderot University (Paris 7), 2016

• Visiting Professor, Free University and Humboldt University, Berlin, 2016

• Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, 2016

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 2013-present

• Juliot-Curie Fellow, Collège de France, Paris, 1984-1985

• Alon Fellow, Tel Aviv University (administered by the National Council for Higher Education), 1987-1990

• Bat Sheva de Rothschild Fellow, Tel Aviv University, 1988-1990

• Yamada Fellow, Kyushu University, 1991

• Henri de Rothschild Fellow, Curie Institute, Paris, 1993-1994

• JSPS Fellow, Japan, 1997, 2002

• Humboldt Research Award, Germany, 2002-2004

• Bourke Lectureship Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2003

• APS Fellow, American Physical Society, 2004

• Paris-Science Lectureship Award, ESPCI, Paris, 2005

• Rector’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tel Aviv University, 2006

• The Herch Moyses Nussenzveig Chair in Statistical Physics, Tel Aviv University, 2006-present

• Humboldt Re-invitation Award, Germany, 2015

• CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), China, 2015