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Philip Pincus

Philip Pincus

Distinguished Professor
​Materials and Physics

Affiliation: 
Materials

Contact

(805) 893.4685
3004A Materials Research Lab

University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Fellow of: 

American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society

Honors

High Polymer Physics Prize, APS

Research

Macromolecular and Biomolecular Materials

His research interests are in theory of soft condensed matter physics.  Present activities are on problems associated with biopolymers and bio-membranes, including Coulomb effects in biomolecular assemblies, hydrogen bonding networks, hydrophobic interaction, polar solvents, and polyelectrolyte complexes. 

Education

PhD Physics, University of California, Berkeley
BS Physics, University of California, Berkeley