EDUCATION AB June 1957 University of California, Berkeley Physics Ph.D. June 1961 University of California, Berkeley Physics

HONORS Joliot Curie Professor (E.S.P.C.I.), 1981 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 1975 Orsay Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, 1973 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 1962 Saclay 1988 Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecturer in Physics- Tel-Aviv 1992 HIGH POLYMER PHYSICS PRIZE OF THE APS (FORD PRIZE)

EMPLOYMENT Professor, Materials and Physics Departments University of California, Santa Barbara 1985-present Exxon Research and Engineering Company Clinton Township Route 22 East Annandale, NJ 08801, U.S.A. 1983-1985 Professor, Department of Physics University of California, Los Angeles 1962-1985

EDITORIAL Associate Editor for Advances in Physics SERVICE Co-Editor, AIP Series on Complex Materials

COMMITTEES Scientific Advisory Committee, Institut Curie, Paris 1992- Chair, National Research Council Panel on Biomolecular Materials 1992

RESEARCH INTERESTS Our group is presently concerned with theoretical problems in the physics of multicomponent fluids, including polymer solutions, protein-membrane interactions, colloidal dispersions, microemulsions, vesicles, and other surfacant phases. Present activities are mainly focussed on biophysics and interfacial interactions. Biophysical considerations include: (1) phase behavior of polymers which hydrogen bond to water, e.g. polysacharrides; (2) the interactions between polymers exhibiting helix-coil transitions and lipid membranes; (3) the role of the interplay between proteins and the membranes in which they are imbedded in determining order-disorder phenomena of membrane bound proteins. Interfacial interaction studies are principally motiviated by colloid science and tribology. Current work includes: (1) flow and thermal instabilities of polymer layers which are attached or adsorbed on surfaces; (2) interactions between colloidal particles in the presence of mixed solvents; (3) the structure and properties of charged polymers adsorbed or otherwise attached to surfaces; (4) self assembly of block copolymers to form membranes and microemulsion-like phases.

PUBLICATIONS

M. Goulian, R. Bruinsma, P. Pincus, "Long-Range Forces in Heterogeneous Fluid Membranes," Europhysics Letters, 22, 145 (1993)

D. S. Pearson, P. A. Pincus, G. W. Heffner, S. J. Dahman, "The Effect of Molecular Weight and Orientation on the Conductivity of Conjugated Polymers," Macromolecules 26, 1570 (1993)

Vered Aharonson, David Andelman, Anton Zilman, Philip A. Pincus, Elie Raphael, "Polymer Adsorption at Liquid/Air Interfaces under Lateral Presure," Physica A, 204, 1, (1994).

K. M. Palmer, M. Goulian, P. Pincus, "Fluctuation-Induced Forces in Stacked Fluid Membranes," J. Phys. II France, 4, 805, (1994).

F. Brochard-Wyart, H. Hervet, P. Pincus, "Unwinding of Polymer Chains under Forces or Flows," Europhysics Letters, 26, 511, (1994).

V. Kumaran, G. H. Fredrickson, P. Pincus, "Flow Induced Instability of the Interface Between a Fluid and a Gel at Low Reynolds Number," J. Phys. II France, 4, 893, (1994).

T. A. Witten, P. A. Pincus, "Interacting Rigid Polyelectrolytes," J. Phys. II France, 4, 1103, (1994).

N. Dan, A. Beman, P. Pincus, and S. A. Safran, "Membrane-induced interactions between inclusions," J. Physics. II France. 4:1713, (1994).

V. Aharonson, D. Andelman, A. Zilman, P.A. Pincus, and E. Rapha‘l. "Polymer adsorption at liquid/air interfaces under lateral pressure," Physica A. 204:1-16, (1994).

R. Bruinsma, M. Goulian, and P.A. Pincus. "Self-Assembly of Membrane Junctions," Biophysical Journal. 67:746-750, (1994).

T.A. Witten, P.A. Pincus, "Interacting rigid polyelectrolytes," J. Phys. II France. 4:1103-1105, (1994).

R. R. Netz and P.A. Pincus," Inhomogeneous fluid membranes: Segregation, ordering, and effective rigidity," (1995).

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