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C. NADIR KAPLAN [email protected] Pierce Hall, Harvard University http://scholar.harvard.edu/nadirkaplan 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 RESEARCH INTERESTS Soft matter physics, fluid dynamics, complex fluids, statistical physics, mathematical physics CURRENT POSITION Harvard University Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Research Associate in Applied Mathematics 10/2012–Present Advisor: L. Mahadevan Colloidal patterning and drying porous media, growth in patterned precipitation EDUCATION Brandeis University Waltham, MA Ph.D., Physics 2012 Advisor: Robert B. Meyer Dissertation – Colloidal membranes: The rich confluence of geometry and liquid crystals Koc¸University Istanbul, TURKEY M.S., Physics 2008 Advisor: A. Nihat Berker Dissertation – Renormalization-group theory of classical and quantum systems with frozen disorder Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, TURKEY B.S., Engineering Physics 2006 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Distinguished University Postdoctoral Fellowship –declined 2012 Department of Physics, Syracuse University The Stephan Berko Prize For Outstanding Graduate Research 2010 Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University GSA Travel and Research Grant Award 2009 Brandeis University Graduate Student Association (GSA) PUBLICATIONS 1. “Evaporation-driven ring and film deposition from colloidal droplets” C. N. Kaplan and L. Mahadevan, Journal of Fluid Mechanics Rapids, in press. 2. “Dynamics of evaporative colloidal patterning” C. N. Kaplan, N. Wu, S. Mandre, J. Aizenberg, and L. Mahadevan, Physics of Fluids, in press. 3. “Colloidal membranes of hard rods: unified theory of free edge structure and twist walls” C. N. Kaplan and R. B. Meyer, Soft Matter 10, 4700 (2014). 4. “Imprintable membranes from incomplete chiral coalescence” M. J. Zakhary, T. Gibaud, C. N. Kaplan, E. Barry, R. Oldenbourg, R. B. Meyer, and Z. Dogic, Nature Communications 5, 3063 (2014). C. Nadir Kaplan Curriculum Vitae 5. “Inrinsic curvature determines the crinkled edges of crenellated disks” C. N. Kaplan, T. Gibaud, and R. B. Meyer, Soft Matter 9, 8210 (2013). 6. “Theory and Simulations of Water Flow through Carbon Nanotubes: Prospects and Pitfalls” D. J. Bonthuis, K. F. Rinne, K. Falk, C. N. Kaplan, D. Horinek, A. N. Berker, L. Bocquet, and R. R. Netz, Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 23, 184110 (2011). 7. “Theory of depletion induced phase transition from chiral smectic A twisted ribbons to semi–infinite flat membranes ∗” C. N. Kaplan, H. Tu, R. A. Pelcovits, and R. B. Meyer, Physical Review E 82, 021701 (2010). ∗ The Stephan Berko research prize 8. “Comment on Pumping of Confined Water in Carbon Nanotubes by Rotation-Translation Coupling” D. J. Bonthuis, K. Falk, C. N. Kaplan, D. Horinek, A. N. Berker, L. Bocquet, and R. R. Netz, Physical Review Letters 105, 209401 (2010). 9. “Theory of chiral smectic A liquid crystalline membranes” C.N. Kaplan, Physica A 389, 2962-2965 (2010), Proceedings of the Nihat Berker 60th Birthday Symposium. 10. “Infinitely robust order and local order-parameter tulips in Apollonian networks with quenched disorder ∗” C. N. Kaplan, M. Hinczewski, and A. N. Berker, Physical Review E 79, 061120 (2009). ∗ PRE kaleidoscope image, June 2009. 11. “Frustrated further-neighbor antiferromagnetic and electron-hopping interactions in the d = 3 t − J model: Finite-temperature global phase diagrams from renormalization-group theory” C. N. Kaplan, A. N. Berker, and M. Hinczewski, Physical Review B 80, 214529 (2009). 12. “Quantum-Mechanically Induced Asymmetry in the Phase Diagrams of Spin-Glass Systems” C. N. Kaplan and A. N. Berker, Physical Review Letters 100, 027204 (2008). Preprint 13. “Modelling complex and hierarchical microsculptures” C. N. Kaplan, W. L. Noorduin, J. Aizenberg, and L. Mahadevan, to be submitted. 14. “Hetero-chiral coalescence” T. Gibaud, C. N. Kaplan, P.Sharma, A. Ward, M. J. Zakhary, R. B. Meyer, and Z. Dogic, to be submitted. PRESENTATIONS Invited talks Dynamics of evaporation-driven colloidal patterning Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey December 2013 Evolution of colloidal deposits in evaporating fluid films Kavli Meetings, Harvard University October 2013 20th Statistical Physics Days, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey June 2013 Theory of colloidal monolayers assembled from chiral rod-like particles University of Massachusetts, Amherst February 2012 Condensed Matter & Biological Physics Seminar, Syracuse University February 2012 Theory of chiral smectic A liquid crystalline membranes The 19th Annual Student Research Symposium, Brandeis University May 2010 The effect of chirality on self-assembly of attractive rod-like particles MRSEC Seminar, Brandeis University April 2010 Renormalization-group theory of d =3 t − J models Workshop on Solid State and Materials Chemistry, MPI Dresden, Germany July 2006 2 C. Nadir Kaplan Curriculum Vitae Contributed talks Dynamics of clogging in drying porous media APS DFD Meeting, San Francisco, CA November 2014 Theory of the dynamics of evaporation-driven colloidal patterning APS March Meeting, Denver, CO March 2014 Unified theory of chiral smectic A monolayers and π-wall defects APS March Meeting, Boston, MA February 2012 13th Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Brandeis University October 2011 Theory of depletion induced phase transition from chiral smectic A twisted ribbons to semi–infinite flat membranes MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA November 2010 12th Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Brandeis University October 2010 44th New England Complex Fluids Meeting, Brandeis University September 2010 103rd Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ May 2010 Theory of liquid crystalline membranes 60th Birthday Symposium in Honor of Nihat Berker, MIT, Cambridge, MA October 2009 Infinitely robust order and local order-parameter tulips in Apollonian networks with quenched disorder APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA March 2009 100th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ December 2008 Quantum induced asymmetric phase diagrams of spin-glass systems APS March Meeting, New Orleans, LA March 2008 98th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ December 2007 Poster presentations Modeling complex microsculptures Gordon Conference on Soft Matter, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH August 2015 Dynamics of evaporative colloidal patterning Wyss Institute Annual Retreat, Boston, MA November 2014 AFOSR-MURI Annual Review Meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA January 2014 Morphogenesis of spinose forms in terrestrial plants 9th Annual Plant Biology Symposium, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA May 2014 Chiral smectics A: Isolated membranes versus π-twist-wall defects Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA June 2011 TEACHING AND MENTORING Courses at Brandeis University Fall 2008 Phys 11a – Introductory physics I (grading & recitations) Spring 2009 Phys 11b – Introductory physics II (grading) Fall 2009 Phys 163a – Graduate statistical physics and thermodynamics (grading) Spring 2011 Phys 162b – Graduate quantum mechanics II (grading) Fall 2011 Phys 163a – Graduate statistical physics and thermodynamics (grading) 3 C. Nadir Kaplan Curriculum Vitae Courses at Feza G ¨ursey Research Institute, TUBITAK, Turkey Summer 2007 Phase transitions and renormalization–group theory (grading & recitations) Summer 2008 Phase transitions and renormalization–group theory (grading & recitations) Courses at Koc¸University Fall 2006-07 Phys 301 – Undergraduate statistical physics (grading & recitations) Spring 2006-07 Phys 102 – Electricity and magnetism (grading & recitations) Fall 2007-08 Phys 403 – Undergraduate solid state physics (grading & recitations) Spring 2007-08 Phys 409/509 – Phase transitions and renormalization–group theory (grading & recitations) Courses at Istanbul Technical University 2002-04 Tutor (general physics laboratories) Students supervised Daniel A. Beller, Senior Honors Thesis at Brandeis University 2010 SUMMER SCHOOLS ATTENDED Introduction to microfluidics technology at Brandeis University June 27-July 1, 2011 Soft solids and complex fluids at UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA May 29-June 2, 2011 REFERENCES L. Mahadevan – Postdoctoral supervisor (Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Professor of Physics, Harvard University) E-mail [email protected] Phone 617-496-9599 Address Pierce Hall 322, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Robert B. Meyer – PhD thesis supervisor (Emeritus Professor of Physics, Brandeis University) E-mail [email protected] Phone 781-736-2870 Address Brandeis University MS057, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 Joanna Aizenberg – Collaborator (Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University) E-mail [email protected] Phone 617-495-3558 Address Pierce Hall 229, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Zvonimir Dogic – Collaborator (Associate Professor of Physics, Brandeis University) E-mail [email protected] Phone 781-736-2167 Address Brandeis University MS057, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 Robert A. Pelcovits – Collaborator (Professor of Physics, Brown University) E-mail robert [email protected] Phone 401-863-1432 Address Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 4.