William M. Gelbart, PhD

Thursday, January 20 2005 @ 09:24 PM PST

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: 3057 Young Hall
Mail: 607 Charles E. Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
Phone: (310) 825-2005
Fax: (310) 206-4038
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Education and Training
Harvard University 1963-67 B.S. Chemistry and Physics
University of Chicago 1967-68 M.S. Chemical Physics
University of Chicago 1968-70 Ph.D. Chemical Physics
University of Paris at Orsay 1971 Postdoctoral, Physical Chemistry
UC Berkeley 1972 Postdoctoral, Physical Chemistry

Faculty Positions
1972-1975 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1975-1979 Associate Professor of Chemistry, UCLA
1979-1996 Professor of Chemistry, UCLA
1999-present Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

Other Professional Positions
1983 Exchange Professor, University of Paris at Orsay
1988 Brotherton Professor (Endowed Lectureship), University of Leeds, England
1999 Rothschild Professor, Institut Curie, Paris, France
2001-2004 Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

Honors
1970 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
1971 Miller Institute Fellowship at Berkeley
1974 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
1976 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
1981 Glenn T. Seaborg Award (UCLA)
1986 Hanson-Dow Distinguished Teaching Award (UCLA)
1987 Fellow, American Physical Society
1988, 2003 H. N. McCoy Award (UCLA)
1991 Lennard-Jones Medal (British Royal Society)
1996 Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award
1998 J. S. Guggenheim Fellowship
2001 American Chemical Society “Liquids” (Hildebrand) Prize

Selected Publications

• W. M. Gelbart and A. Ben-Shaul, "The 'New Science' of Complex Fluids", J. Phys. Chem. 100, 13169-89 [Centennial Issue] (1996).
• N. Gronbech-Jensen, R. J. Mashl, R. F. Bruinsma and W. M. Gelbart, “Counterion-Induced Attraction between Rigid Polyelectrolytes," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2477-80 (1997).
• W. M. Gelbart and R. F. Bruinsma, "Compositional-Mechanical Instability of Interacting Mixed Lipid Membranes," Phys. Rev.E 55, 831-5 (1997).
• S. Y. Park, D. Harries and W. M. Gelbart, "Topological Defects and the Optimum Size of DNA Condensates," Biophys. J. 75, 714-20 (1998).
• D. Harries, S. May, W. M. Gelbart and A. Ben-Shaul, "Structure, Stability and Thermodynamics of Lamellar DNA-Lipid Complexes," Biophys. J. 75, 159-73 (1998).
• R. Sear, S.-W. Chung, G. Markovich, W. M. Gelbart and J. R. Heath, “Spontaneous Patterning of Quantum Dots at the Air-Water Interface,” Phys. Rev. E.59, R6255-8 (1999).
• O. Lambert, L. Letellier, W. M. Gelbart and J.-L. Rigaud, “DNA Delivery by Phage: Encapsulating Toroidal Condensates into Liposomes,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 97, 7248-53 (2000).
• W. M. Gelbart, R. F. Bruinsma, P. A. Pincus and V. A. Parsegian, “DNA-Inspired Electrostatics,” Physics Today 53 (9), 38-44 (2000).
• Borukhov, R. F. Bruinsma, W. M. Gelbart and A. J. Liu, “Elastically Driven Linker Aggregation between Two Semiflexible Polyelectrolytes,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2182-5 (2001).
• H. Schiessel, W. M. Gelbart and R. F. Bruinsma, “DNA Folding: Structural and Mechanical Properties of the Two-angle Model for Chromatin,” Biophys. J. 80, 1940-56 (2001).
• H. Schiessel, J. Widom, R. F. Bruinsma and W. M. Gelbart, “Polymer Reptation and Nucleosome Repositioning,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4414-7 (2001).
• W. M. Gelbart, “Condensation and Complexation of DNA in Aqueous Solution: Biological Implications,” in Electrostatic Effects in Soft Matter and Biophysics, ed. by C. Holm, et al. (Kluwer, 2001).
• J. Kindt, S. Tzlil, A. Ben-Shaul and W. M. Gelbart, “DNA Packaging and Ejection Forces in Bacteriophage,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 98, 13671-4 (2001).
• M. Deserno and W. M. Gelbart, “Adhesion and Wrapping in Colloid-Vesicle Complexes,” J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 5543-52 (2002).
• S. Tzlil, J. Kindt, W. M. Gelbart and A. Ben-Shaul, “Forces and Pressures in DNA Packaging and Release from Viral Capsids,” Biophys. J. 84, 1616-27 (2003).
• Cordova, M. Deserno, W. M. Gelbart and A. Ben-Shaul, “Osmotic Shock and the Strength of Viral Capsids,” Biophys. J. 85, 70-4 (2003).
• R. F. Bruinsma, W. M. Gelbart, D. Reguera, J. Rudnick and R. Zandi, “Viral Self-Assembly as a Thermodynamic Process,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 248101/1-4 (2003).
• R. Zandi, D. Reguera, J. Rudnick and W. M. Gelbart, “What Drives the Translocation of Stiff Chains?” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 100, 8649-53 (2003).
• Evilevitch, L. Lavelle, C. M. Knobler, E. Raspaud and W. M. Gelbart, “Osmotic Pressure Inhibition of DNA Ejection from Phage,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 100, 9292-5 (2003).
• K.-C. Lee, I. Borukhov, W. M. Gelbart, A. J. Liu and M. J. Stevens, “Effect of Mono- and Multivalent Salts on Angle-Dependent Attractions between Charged Rods,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 28101/1-4 (2004).
• M. Castelnovo and W. M. Gelbart, "Semiflexible Chain Condensation by Neutral Depleting Agents: ROle of Correlations between Depletants," Macromolecules, 37, 3510-7 (2004)
• Evilevitch, M. Castelnovo, C. M. Knobler and W. M. Gelbart, “Measuring the Force Ejecting DNA from Phage,” J. Phys. Chem. B108, 6838-43 (2004).
• S. Tzlil, M. Deserno, W. M. Gelbart and A. Ben-Shaul, “A Statistical Thermodynamic Model of Viral Budding,” Biophys. J. 86, 2037-48 (2004).
• R. Zandi, D. Reguera, R. F. Bruinsma, W. M. Gelbart and J. Rudnick, “The Origin of Icosahedral Symmetry in Viruses,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 101, 15556-60 (2004).
• Evilevitch, J. W. Gober, M. Phillips, C. M. Knobler and W. M. Gelbart, “Measurements of DNA Lengths Remaining in a Viral Capsid after Osmotically Suppressed Partial Ejection,” Biophys. J. 88, 751-6 (2005).

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