Charles M. Knobler, PhD

Tuesday, January 18 2005 @ 09:27 PM PST

Contributed by: Charles Knobler

Research Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Office: Young Hall 2077 D
Mail: 607 Charles E. Young Drive East
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
Phone: (310) 825-4330
Fax: (310) 206-4038
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Education and Training

New York University

1951-55

B.A. Chemistry

Pennsylvania State University

1955-59

Physical Chemistry

University of Leiden (Netherlands)

1959-61

Ph.D. Molecular Physics

Ohio State University

1961-62

Postdoctoral, Physical Chemistry

CalTech

1962-64

Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering

Positions and Employment

1964-1970

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, UCLA

1970-1976

Associate Professor of Chemistry, UCLA

1976-2004

Professor of Chemistry, UCLA

2004-present

Research Professor of Chemistry, UCLA

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

1975-1978

Vice-chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

1984-1987

Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

1994-1997

Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

1993-1998

Editor, Physica A

1998- present

Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry

Honors

1951-1953

Jerome Aaron Scholarship

1957-1958

Union Carbide Fellow

1958-1959

Fulbright Scholar

1980

Herbert Newby McCoy Award

1983

Fellow, American Physical Society

1983

UCLA Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award

1990

Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, University of Mainz

1997

UCLA College of Letters and Science Faculty Award

1998

Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, Max Planck Institute, Potsdam

2000

Kolthoff Lecturer, University of Minnesota

2002

American Chemical Society Award in Colloid Chemistry


Selected Publications

  1. Gordon, V.C., Knobler, C.M. and Schumaker, V.N., "Conformational changes of the chromatin sub-unit," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 75, 660-663 (1978).

  2. Kunitake, S.,T., Loh, E., Schumaker, V.N., Ma, S.K., Knobler, C.M., Kane, J.P. and Hamilton, R.L., "Molecular weight distributions of polydisperse systems: Application to very low density lipo-proteins," Biochemistry 17, 1936-1942 (1978).

  3. Fang, J. and Knobler, C. M., "Control of density in self-assembled organosilane monolayers by Langmuir-Blodgett deposition," J. Phys. Chem. 99, 10425-10429 (1995).

  4. Fang, J. and Knobler, C. M., "Phase-Separated Two-Component Self-Assembled Organosilane Monolayers and Their Use in Selective Adsorption of a Protein," Langmuir 12, 1368-74 (1996) .

  5. Heath, J. R., Knobler, C. M. and Leff, D. V., "Pressure/temperature phase diagrams and supperlattices of organically functionalized metal nanocrystal monolayers: The influence of particle size, size distribution and surface passivant," J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 189-97 (1997).

  6. Fang, J, Knobler, C. M., Gingery, M. and Eiserling, F. A., "Imaging Bacteriophage T4 on Self-Assembled Monolayers of Organosilanes by Scanning Force Microscopy," J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 8692-95 (1997).

  7. Fang, J., Dennin, M., Knobler, C. M., Godovsky, Yu. K. and Yokoyama, H.,

    "Structures of collapsed polysiloxane monolayers investigated by scanning force microscopy," J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 3147-54 (1997).

  8. Fang, J., and Knobler, C.M., "Layer growth in collapsed liquid crystal monolayers studied by scanning force microscopy," Physica A 244, 91-98 (1997).

  9. Gehlert, U., Fang, J. and Knobler, C.M., "Relating the organization of the molecular tilt azimuth to lateral-force images in monolayers transferred to solid substrates," J. Phys. Chem. 102, 2614-2617 (1998).

  10. Park, C.K, Schmitt, F.J., Evert, L., Schwartz, D.K., Israelachvili, J.N., and Knobler, C.M., “Film balance and fluorescence microscopic investigation of the effects of Ca2+ on mixed DMPC/DMPG monolayers,” Langmuir 15, 202-206 (1999).

  11. Glasgow, B.J., Marshall, G., Gasymov, O.K., Abduragimov, A.R. ,Yusifov, T.N. and Knobler, C.M., “Tear Lipocalins: Potential lipid scavengers for the corneal surface,” Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 40, 3100-3107 (1999).

  12. Rapaport, H., Möller, G, Knobler, C.M., Jensen, T.R., Kjaer, K., Leiserowitz, L. and Tirrell, D.A., "Assembly of triple-stranded beta-sheet peptides at interfaces," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 9342-9343 (2002).

  13. Evilevitch, A., Lavelle, L., Knobler, C. M., Raspaud, E. and Gelbart, W. M., “Osmotic pressure inhibition of DNA ejection from phage," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 100, 9292-9295 (2003).

  14. Evilevitch, A. , Castelnovo, M., Knobler, C. M. and Gelbart, W. M.,“Measuring the Force Ejecting DNA from Phage,” J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 6838-43 (2004).

  15. Evilevitch, A., Gober, J. W., Phillips, M., Knobler, C. M. and Gelbart, W. M., “Measurements of DNA lengths remaining in a viral capsid after osmotically suppressed partial ejection,” Biophys. J. 88, 751-6 (2005).

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