Curriculum Vitae

Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

CURRENT POSITION

July 2007 - Assosiate Professor, Department of Chemistry,

Director of Graduate Admissions,

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University.

PERSONAL

Born: September 3, 1967, Vinnitsa, Ukraine, USSR
US citizen

EDUCATION

M.S. in Chemistry, Moscow State University, June 1991, Adviser: Professor L.N. Sidorov.
M.S. in Chemistry, Cornell University, May 1996.
Ph.D in Chemistry, Cornell University, January 1998, Adviser: Professor B. Widom.

• 1980-1984: Moscow State University Correspondence Mathematical High School.
  
• 1984-1991: Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, top place, first class diploma.
• 1988-1990: Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow: Passed 3 exams of the ``Landau Theoretical Minimum": Mathematics I, Mathematics II, and Classical Mechanics.
• 1991-1992: Postgraduate School, Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University.
• 1993-1994: Graduate School, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky.
• 1994-1998: Graduate School, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University.

• 1988-1992: Laboratory Technician, Laboratory of Thermochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University.
• January 1998-June 1998: Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University.
• June 1998-August 2000: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Research group of Prof. M.E. Fisher, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland.
• 2000-2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University.
• Fall 2008, Summer 2009 - Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Munich, Germany

• Second Prize Winner in Chemistry of All-Ukrainian Olympiads between high-school students (1982, 1983).
• Moscow State University N.N. Semenov Memorial Fellowship (1989-1991).
• Outstanding First-Year Graduate Student, ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH Graduate Student Prize (1993).
• Cornell University Howard Neal Wachter Memorial Prize for outstanding work in Physical Chemistry (1996-97).
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2000).
• NSF CAREER Award (2002).
• Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2004).
• Hamill Innovation Award (2006).
• Humboldt Research Fellowship (2008).

• University of Kentucky: Teaching Assistant for freshman General Chemistry, Spring/Fall 1993.
• Cornell University: Teaching Assistant for freshman Advanced General Chemistry, Fall 1994, Spring/Fall 1995, Spring 1996.
• Cornell University: Teaching Assistant for graduate Statistical Physics, Spring 1998.
• Rice University: Lecturer for graduate Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics, Spring 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2003, Spring 2004.
• Rice University: Lecturer for undergraduate Physical Chemistry (Introduction to Quantum Mechanics), Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2006.
• Rice University: Lecturer for undergraduate Physical Chemistry (Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics), Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008.
• Rice University: Lecturer for graduate Chemical Kinetics, Fall 2005, Fall 2007
• Rice University: Lecturer for graduate Biophysical Chemistry, Fall 2006, Spring 2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS and EXPERIENCE

Theoretical and Experimental Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Biophysics and
Statistical Physics.

Specifically:

• Transport of polymers and small metabolites through biological nanopores.
• Protein-DNA interactions
• Dynamics of breaking weak chemical bonds.
• Growth processes in rigid biopolymers.
• Critical properties and correlations in ionic systems. Lattice models of electrolytes.
• Theory of biological motors.
• Stochastic models of complex systems.
• Protein nucleation and crystallization
• Dynamics of polymers in dense media. Repton model of polymers.
• Asymmetric simple exclusion processes. Phenomenological theory of driven lattice gases.
• Modeling complex transport phenomena.
• Fluctuations in the structure of equilibrium interfaces.
• Models of hydrophobic interactions.
• Infrared spectroscopy of inorganic molecules.
• Mass-spectroscopy and thermochemistry of high-temperature superconductors and fullerenes.

PERSONAL REFERENCES

Professor Benjamin Widom
Baker Laboratory Tel. (607) 255-3363, 255-0576
Department of Chemistry Fax. (607) 255-4137
Cornell University E-mail: widom@vdwaals.chem.cornell.edu
Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA

Professor Roger Loring
Baker Laboratory Tel. (607) 255-4873
Department of Chemistry Fax. (607) 255-4137
Cornell University E-mail: rfl@cornell.edu
Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA

Professor Michael E. Fisher
Institute for Physical Science and Technology Tel. (301) 405-4819
University of Maryland Fax. (301) 314-9404
College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

Professor John D. Weeks
Institute for Physical Science and Technology Tel. (301) 405-4802
University of Maryland Fax. (301) 314-9404
College Park, Maryland 20742, USA E-mail: jdw@ipst.umd.edu

Professor James L. Kinsey
Department of Chemistry Tel. (713) 348-4937
Rice University Fax. (713) 348-5155
Houston, TX, 77005-1892, USA E-mail: jlkinsey@rice.edu