Members

Current Members


Post-Doctoral Fellows

2024 Haggai BonneauFrequency Dependence of Electrolyte Conductivity
2023-25 Yanyan ZhuPhase Transitions in Mixed Semi-Flexible Polymers and Amphiphiles
2023-25 Manu MannattilPhase Separation in Elastomers
2017-20 Bin ZhengControlling Block Copolymer Films


Ph.D Students

2017-22 Yael AvniIonic Liquids and Charge Regulating Systems



Alumni


Post-Doctoral Fellows

2013-16 Jean WolffPhase Transitions in Membranes
2009-11 Xingkun ManPolymers and Block Copolymers at Patterned Surfaces and Interfaces
1998 Peter SwainAdsorption of Vesicles on Rough and Heterogeneous Substrates
1996-97 Simon VillainModulated Phases in Surfactant and Polymeric Systems
1994 Roland NetzWetting and Protein Adsorption


Ph.D Students

2015-19 Ram AdarTheory of ionic solutions: complex bulk and surface structures
2011-16 Tomer Markovich Theory of Electrolyte Solutions: Specific Ion-Surface Interactions
2007-12   Dan Ben-YaakovElectrolyte Theory of Multi-Component Solvent Mixtures: Bulk and Interfacial Phenomena
2005-07 Ariel AbrashkinPolyelectrolytes and DNA
2001-07 Adi ShafirAdsorption and Depletion of Polyelectrolytes from Charged Surfaces (Direct PhD track)
1998-03Yoram BurakEffects of Solvent Mediated Interactions on Electrolytes and Related Electrostatic Systems (Direct PhD track)
1998-03Yoni KozlovzkyStructural Rearrangements of Biological Membranes: Mechanisms of Fusion and Fission. (Co-supervisor: Prof. M. Kozlov)
1997-01 Yoav TsoriOrdered Morphologies of Diblock Copolymers in Bulk and Thin-Film Systems
1996-99 Haim DiamantProblems in Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules and Polymers
1995-98 Itamar BorukhovPolyelectrolytes, Polyampholytes and Electrolytes in Solution and Near Surfaces


M.Sc Students

2010-13 Shai CohenTernary Modulated Phases: Thin Films on Patterned Surfaces and the Free Interface Problem
2010-13Amir LevyField Theory of Ions in Polarizable Medium
2009-10 Dan Klarman A Simple Model of Contact Angle Saturation in Electrowetting Systems
2005-07 Guy Ayal Annealing and Shrinkage of Polymer Photoresists under SEM Inspection
2005-07 Dan Ben-Yaakov Electrostatic Interactions of Asymmetrically Charged Membranes in Ionic Solutions
2004-05Etay Mar-Or Phase Transitions in Charged Amphiphilic Lamellar Systems
2000-02 Gil Ariel Polyelectrolyte Persistence Length: Attractive Effect of Counterion Correlations and Fluctuations
1994-95 Haim Diamant Kinetics of Surfactant Adsorption at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces
1993-94Itamar Borukhov Polyelectrolyte Solutions between Two Charged Surfaces
1993-94Xavier Chatellier Polymer Adsorption on Surfactant Monolayers (one-year project at the University of Strasbourg)
1991-92Glen Guttman Electrostatics of Charged Membranes